SOCIAL ENGINEERING ATTACKS – WHAT THEY ARE AND SOME PREVENTION TIPS

Wondering what social engineering is? Is the name confusing? In this post, we’ll tell you all about social engineering, social engineering attacks, how to prevent them, and become a better network security engineer. Everyone is aware of hackers who use their skills and technical expertise to gain access to a system. These attackers are in the headlines all the time and encourage companies to hire professionals with a network security certification and enhance their security systems. However, there’s one breed of hackers with a different set of tools and methodologies to gain access to a system called social engineers. This term can be confusing as the terms ’social’ and ‘engineering’ are not often heard together. These ‘social engineers’ do not use high-tech methods instead of attack by targeting the human brain. They convince people not to follow the best practices of data security and trick them into giving up sensitive information. Social engineering is a large tree with a lot of branches under it. In this article, we’ll tell you about the most common methods and how to be safe from them.