The Impact of Social Engineering

The Impact of Social Engineering

By: Nicko Cajes; Northern Bukidnon State College, Philippines Abstract An attack that utilizes the weaknesses of human have been introduced in the modern types of attack namely social engineering, this type of attack manipulates the human psychology to obtain confidential information. Emotions like fear, urgency, and trust are few other most targeted weaknesses by the victim to effectively fool them. This article will venture to the most common…