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Social Engineering Protection Ways//SCARIO - SCARIO - 10-08-2020
Social Engineering Protection Ways
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Danger can happen at an unexpected moment. You may need to have a good grasp of the term Social Engineering to avoid unexpected, unexpected, unusual situations. Social Engineering can be defined as collecting information about target persons or institutions using the vulnerabilities of people and making various attacks in line with this collected information. To put it further, Social Engineering is a set of hacking methods, but the person who wants to access some information here deals with the vulnerabilities of people instead of dealing with codes or passwords. Social engineering is the art of deceiving people and lying. SM, seen as a simple method from a distance. In fact, it is a very complex and difficult hacking method. So how can we protect from Social Engineering?
Social engineering is harder to protect than malware, because in social engineering, you are the target. You need to know well what to pay attention to and what to avoid.
Some Social Engineering Methods:
1-) Counterfeit product and service launches;
In this method, you will receive a message in your e-mail that says if you click a link and submit some of your personal information, you will receive a gift.
2-) Fake news sites or pages;
After an important event in the country, users will naturally go into a research and will want to click on the link they see related to the subject as a result of this research.[/color]
3-) Web sites made for the purpose of spreading Trojans;
This method is usually done using social media tools, users are promised that they will benefit after downloading these applications, but it does not work, all harmful viruses infect your computer or phone with this downloaded application and your personal information reaches the hands of malicious people.
Some other examples are as follows:
Infiltrating an organization as an employee
Making friends with employees
Making friends with the target person
Make yourself look like a lady when she's not
To obtain all confidential information by pretending to call from a technical service or support institution.
The examples we have listed above can be increased. To avoid this, we need to be careful and have knowledge and experience in this regard.
Attack tools can vary depending on the creativity of the person who will attack. Some attack tools used in social engineering:
-Usb memories
-Camera pens
-Camera glasses
-Camera car keys
-USB memory lighters
-Usb memory clocks ..
- Phones
-Computers
Things to do to protect against social engineering attacks:
1-Visit sites you think are reliable.
2-Be careful not to click on the links of sites that you believe are suspicious.
3-Pay attention to the security-related investments you will make in your computer or phone. Do not use these devices without a virus program.
4- Do not trust and click on every link from your friend through social media sites.
5-Do not use free download software.
6-Do not click on e-mails that arouse curiosity.
In short, the best way to protect against social engineering attacks is to keep security policies up to date and to inform the personnel appropriately
RE: Social Engineering Protection Ways//SCARIO - mothered - 10-09-2020
Quote:Do not use free download software.May I ask why this Is part of the equation?
Softpedia, Is the most reputable source for freeware/GPL software downloads.