An Overview of Social Engineering
Social engineering preys on the fact that humans are the weakest link in information security. This article explains the social engineering model, outlines the two categories of social engineering attacks, and discusses techniques for preventing and mitigating social engineering.
3. Social Engineering Attacks
3.8. Reverse Social Engineering Attacks
Reverse social engineering attackers claim to solve a network’s problem. This involves three main steps: causing a problem such as crashing the network; advertising that the attacker is the only person to fix that problem; solving the problem while getting the desired information and leaving without being detected.