2/27/12

What is Social Engineering and SET (Social Engineering Toolkit)

Social engineering is a term that describes non-technical kind of intrusion that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves tricking other people to break normal security procedures


Obtain confidential information or intimation / sensitive by cheating the owner of such information. Social engineering is one of the methods used by hackers to gain information about the target, by requesting the information directly to the victim or others who have that information.

Social engineering concentrates on the weakest chain of computer network system that is man.




Social Engineering Toolkit

The Social Engineering Toolkit (SET) is a tool designed to perform advanced attacks against the human element of security. The attacks built into the toolkit are designed to be targeted and focused attacks against a person or organization used during a penetration test. It requires the Metasploit Framework to be installed. 

Atttack

- Spear-Phishing Attack Vectors
- Website Attack Vectors
- Infectious Media Generator
- Create a Payload and Listener
- Mass Mailer Attack
- Teensy USB HID Attack Vector
 


 

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