http://www.sandaru1.com/2006/02/13/social-engineering/ It's how I think! It's how I code! Fri, 16 May 2008 03:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.sandaru1.com/2006/02/13/social-engineering/#comment-7133 Faisal Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:51:19 +0000 http://www.sandaru1.com/?p=9#comment-7133 i need a help for basics bc i wanna do something in the world. i need a help for basics bc i wanna do something in the world.

]]> http://www.sandaru1.com/2006/02/13/social-engineering/#comment-5331 jill Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:58:10 +0000 http://www.sandaru1.com/?p=9#comment-5331 hello i am mr jones and i want to hack any body this time so thanks hello i am mr jones and i want to hack any body this time so thanks

]]> http://www.sandaru1.com/2006/02/13/social-engineering/#comment-12 Janantha Wed, 03 May 2006 17:09:29 +0000 http://www.sandaru1.com/?p=9#comment-12 Social Engineering is the hardest technique of hacking to prevent. Lot of major company's in USA had suffered from this. Basically it is a type of masquerading attack not by a computer but by a human being. Best prevention is to verify the authenticity of the person by at least two-three levels before giving out info. e.g. ID number Photocard Passport or something that really proves who the person is. Im sure this sort of technique is not far away from happening in sri lanka as well.. Our people would give anything to an outside caller who is pretending to be the boss of the company . This was the case in most cases! So the next time someone asks for CC besure who he is or simply DONT give out the number over the phone. it is insecure anyways..unless you use an end to end encrypted audio link such skype! Social Engineering is the hardest technique of hacking to prevent. Lot of major company’s in USA had suffered from this. Basically it is a type of masquerading attack not by a computer but by a human being. Best prevention is to verify the authenticity of the person by at least two-three levels before giving out info.
e.g.
ID number
Photocard
Passport or something that really proves who the person is. Im sure this sort of technique is not far away from happening in sri lanka as well.. Our people would give anything to an outside caller who is pretending to be the boss of the company . This was the case in most cases!
So the next time someone asks for CC besure who he is or simply DONT give out the number over the phone. it is insecure anyways..unless you use an end to end encrypted audio link such skype!

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