Social Engineering in United States

Social Engineering

Overview of Social Engineering in relation to cyber crime: [1] Attacks can take place in person, over the phone, through the Internet (including email, instant messaging, and the like), through hard copy correspondence, or through any other means of communication.

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Notes and References

1. By Eric Walter

See Also

• Types of Cybercrime
• Cybercriminal

Further Reading

Bangermam, E. (2006, December 11). Congress outlaws pretexting. Available on the Ars Technica Web site: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/ 20061211-8395.html; McQuade, S.C. (2006). Understanding and managing cybercrime. Boston: Allyn & Bacon; FTC. (2006). Pretexting: Your personal information revealed. Federal Trade Commission Web site: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/ credit/pretext.shtm; Mitnick, K., Simon, W. L., & Wozniak, S. (2002). The art of deception: Controlling the human element of security. New York: John Wiley & Sons.