FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -Social engineering is the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim in order to gain control over a computer system, or to steal personal and financial information. It uses psychological manipulation to trick users into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information.

Detailed explanation-2: -The attack may attempt to trick an employee into revealing information, such as their user name and password, or providing the attacker with additional access. Common examples of social engineering attacks include the following: • Impersonating an employee to the IT Help Desk to change his or her password.

Detailed explanation-3: -There Are Many Ways Passwords Can Be Compromised: Criminals might employ social engineering (like phishing or employing mirror sites). Hackers guess credentials using information many rely on to form the password such as name, date of birth, or pet name.

Detailed explanation-4: -Social engineers want to introduce malware into network-connected computers and spread malicious code. One way they can do this is by promising a reward (“bait”). For instance, employees can receive infected flash drives as a reward for participating in a survey.