Protection against attacks using social engineering tools and methods

Abstract

Objective. In the modern world, innovative technologies are actively developing, communications are moving into the Internet space. Nevertheless, new technologies turned out to be in demand in the segment of organizations, individuals, cyber fraudsters and hackers. The purpose of the study is to analyze the essence and structure of modern social engineering, including reverse social engineering in the context of the digitalization of society.Method. Adapting the study to the current moment, it is clarified that technologies, developments and manipulative sociological tactics are picked up not just by hackers, but also by followers of radical ideas.Result. The optimal definition of the term "social engineering" is proposed - the identification and exploitation of incompetence, insufficient professional level or negligence of employees of an organization or individuals to obtain unauthorized access to confidential data; a set of technologies based on the use of the psychological specifics of a person.Conclusion. The novelty of the study lies in an in-depth study of the classification of types of attacks using social engineering methods and recommendations for countering and preventing them.

Keywords

• social engineering
• reverse social engineering
• cyber criminal
• sociology
• digitalization
• information systems
• internet
• manipulation techniques
• users
• software