Archives for June 2010

Do you know what makes a social engineering attempt successful?  Much of the current literature focuses on various tools and tactics such as NLP, framing, weapons of influence, trust etc.  However what makes a person comply isn’t a particular method or approach, but how effectively you use specific principles. The power of a social engineering tactic stems from the fact that these principles are (often) built into the tactic itself.  So if you want to succeed at social engineering, you need … [Read more...]