What is a Social Engineer?
July 12, 2009
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social engineer is someone who tries to trick you into providing
information he or she is not authorized to have. The social engineer
can use those information to access your computer, your personal bank account
or spy on your computer. The social engineer might collect information
that may seem harmless, such as your name, email address or your travel
schedule. Much of this might be still usefull for these people.
Do you know how much these personal information worth in the black market? Accoring to Symantec Corp, the bank account information worth about $10 to $1,000; credit cards worth: $0.40 - $20; e-mail addresses worth about $0.83/MB to $10/MB while e-mail passwords worth between $4 to $30.
Listed below are five common schemes social engineers use to trick people into revealing personal information.
1. Impersonating
2. Phishing
3. Shoulder surfing
4. Eavesdropping
5. Dumpster diving
Never, never give out any personal information to unknown persons!
Read more about cybercrime at: http://www.symantec.com/norton/cybercrime/blackmarket.jsp
Do you know how much these personal information worth in the black market? Accoring to Symantec Corp, the bank account information worth about $10 to $1,000; credit cards worth: $0.40 - $20; e-mail addresses worth about $0.83/MB to $10/MB while e-mail passwords worth between $4 to $30.
Listed below are five common schemes social engineers use to trick people into revealing personal information.
1. Impersonating
2. Phishing
3. Shoulder surfing
4. Eavesdropping
5. Dumpster diving
Never, never give out any personal information to unknown persons!
Read more about cybercrime at: http://www.symantec.com/norton/cybercrime/blackmarket.jsp
Posted by Sean Qiu. Posted In : OnLine Security
