Paraphrasing what long-time penetration tester and computer security author Ira Winkler once told me, “When I do penetration tests, if I can’t get in by technical means I can always get in with social engineering.” While this may sound like advice to a fellow computer security specialist, or a warning to a network manager, it should also sound warning bells to anyone who uses a computer. By social engineering an outsider becomes a corporate insider, with all the authorities and risks.
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