Hacking tool : Social engineering strategies
There are a few different strategies that you are able to use as a hacker in order to
see success with social engineering. Some of the most popular strategies include:
Gaining trust
The easiest method to use is for the hacker to gain the trust of the user. To make
this work, you need to be good, sharp, and articulate at conversations. There are
some hackers that won’t be successful because they acted a bit nervously or they
were a bit careless in the way that they talked. Some of the ways that you can
avoid making mistakes when trying to gain trust include:
● They talked too much or the enthusiasm seemed too much for the
situation.
● Acting nervous when they need to respond to questions.
● Asking questions that seem a bit odd.
● Appearing to be in a hurry.
● Holding into information that should only be used by insiders
● Talking about people who are in the upper management of the company
but they don’t really seem to know these people.
● Acting like they have the authority that they don’t have inside the
company.
One method that you can use with social engineering is to do a favor for someone.
This can build up trust with the other person and will give you the upper hand.
You can then ask for a favor right away and the other person is more likely to help
you out to pay you back. Or you can create a problem for that other person and
then be the one who saves them from that problem.
Phishing
Another option that you can use with social engineering is going to use technology
in order to exploit other people. When they are online, it is common to see that
people will be pretty naïve. They will do a lot of things and trust a lot of people
that they would never do in a regular situation in real life.
With a phishing attack, you are going to send out an email to the user, but these
will look like they come from a source that is trusted. The point here is to get the
user to share information that is personal, either by asking them to send the
information or by getting them to click on the links. The user will think that the
email looks real, but since you spoofed the IP address, it is just going to look real.
You can do this as a company, a relative, a friend, or anyone that you would like to
get the information that you want.
Spamming
Spamming is another technique that you can use that is similar. With this one, you
will just send out a lot of emails, as many as you can, and then hope that the user
will become curious and will open up one or more. These emails will include a
free gift, such as a coupon or a book, as long as the user gives them some personal
information.
In some cases, the hacker can pretend to be from a verified software vendor. They
will then send out an email saying that the user needs to download a software
patch to help that app or piece of software to work a bit later and that they get to
download that patch for free. The trick is that the hacker has added something to
the patch, such as a backdoor or a Trojan horse. The user may not notice anything
is going wrong, but the hacker will be able to do what they want on the system
once you click it open.
Phishing scams are really successful because it can be almost impossible for you
to trace the information back to the hacker. They are able to use things like proxy
servers and remailers in order to stay anonymous and it is hard for you to find
them.
see success with social engineering. Some of the most popular strategies include:
Gaining trust
The easiest method to use is for the hacker to gain the trust of the user. To make
this work, you need to be good, sharp, and articulate at conversations. There are
some hackers that won’t be successful because they acted a bit nervously or they
were a bit careless in the way that they talked. Some of the ways that you can
avoid making mistakes when trying to gain trust include:
● They talked too much or the enthusiasm seemed too much for the
situation.
● Acting nervous when they need to respond to questions.
● Asking questions that seem a bit odd.
● Appearing to be in a hurry.
● Holding into information that should only be used by insiders
● Talking about people who are in the upper management of the company
but they don’t really seem to know these people.
● Acting like they have the authority that they don’t have inside the
company.
One method that you can use with social engineering is to do a favor for someone.
This can build up trust with the other person and will give you the upper hand.
You can then ask for a favor right away and the other person is more likely to help
you out to pay you back. Or you can create a problem for that other person and
then be the one who saves them from that problem.
Phishing
Another option that you can use with social engineering is going to use technology
in order to exploit other people. When they are online, it is common to see that
people will be pretty naïve. They will do a lot of things and trust a lot of people
that they would never do in a regular situation in real life.
With a phishing attack, you are going to send out an email to the user, but these
will look like they come from a source that is trusted. The point here is to get the
user to share information that is personal, either by asking them to send the
information or by getting them to click on the links. The user will think that the
email looks real, but since you spoofed the IP address, it is just going to look real.
You can do this as a company, a relative, a friend, or anyone that you would like to
get the information that you want.
Spamming
Spamming is another technique that you can use that is similar. With this one, you
will just send out a lot of emails, as many as you can, and then hope that the user
will become curious and will open up one or more. These emails will include a
free gift, such as a coupon or a book, as long as the user gives them some personal
information.
In some cases, the hacker can pretend to be from a verified software vendor. They
will then send out an email saying that the user needs to download a software
patch to help that app or piece of software to work a bit later and that they get to
download that patch for free. The trick is that the hacker has added something to
the patch, such as a backdoor or a Trojan horse. The user may not notice anything
is going wrong, but the hacker will be able to do what they want on the system
once you click it open.
Phishing scams are really successful because it can be almost impossible for you
to trace the information back to the hacker. They are able to use things like proxy
servers and remailers in order to stay anonymous and it is hard for you to find
them.
