A Comprehensive Study of Social Engineering - The Art of Mind Hacking

Authors

  • Pummy Dhiman  Assistant professor, College of Creative Studies,vidya jyoti eduversity,Derabassi Punjab, India
  • Sheikh Abdul Wajid  Lecturer , PG Department of Computer Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
  • Farah Fayaz Quraishi  Research Scholar, PG Department of Computer Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

Keywords:

Social Engineering, Phishing, Information Security

Abstract

The objective of this research is to presents and demonstrates what social engineering is and how one can use this to hack the human mind for capturing useful information about organizations or individuals and how they can be prevented. A questionnaire has conducted accordingly to determine the awareness of social engineering. Since there is neither hardware nor software available to install in human being to protect against social engineering, it is essential that good practices be implemented. This work contains some current scientific, technical and psychological information on the topic of social engineering today.

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Published

2017-12-31

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Volume 2, Issue 6, November-December-2017

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Research Articles

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Pummy Dhiman, Sheikh Abdul Wajid, Farah Fayaz Quraishi, " A Comprehensive Study of Social Engineering - The Art of Mind Hacking, IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 2, Issue 6, pp.543-548, November-December-2017.