Silicon Republic September 30, 2024
Jenny Radcliffe went from getting into abandoned buildings just to see if she could, to becoming a ‘burglar for hire’ – but only to weed out the security weak spots.
Can you hack a person? With social engineering, you kind of can.
Social engineering is the psychological manipulation of people. In terms of cybersecurity, this is usually in order to get them to do things like clicking suspicious links or divulging confidential information.
Jenny Radcliffe, a self-professed people hacker, says social engineering is “every bit as lethal as a technical hack, but it doesn’t use technical means”. While some forms of social engineering can use technology as an aid, ie, through emails or with the help of some AI-generated deepfakes,...
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