Social Engineering Quiz

4. The main targets of social engineering
6. An attack pretending to be a very high level influential person at a large company and spreading misinformation in the organisation
7. The type of data/confidential information stolen during Dumpster Diving
8. Act of monitoring and intercepting communications to steal information
10. Framework used by Social Engineering Toolkit
11. Act of manipulating search engine results to deceive users(Two words with dash in between)
14. Act of luring in a victim usually with a minor compensation, in attempt to exploit them at a larger scale later.
15. Act of tricking individuals into revealing passwords or other credentials over the phone
18. Attack involving exploiting a victim's fear to manipulate them
19. Acronym for the act of gathering information about a target through social media or other means.
20. Attack where the social attacker assumes the identity of an attractive person to get close to a victim and gain information

1. Influencing individuals into performing actions they wouldn't normally do
2. Act of tailoring a social engineering attack to a specific individual or organization
3. Psychological technique involves building rapport and trust with individuals to exploit them later
5. Sending unwanted mails to promote a product or service, usually in a large number
9. Acronym for attack by sending a large volume of requests to overwhelm a system or network
12. Behaving like a pre-existing trusted individual or entity to deceive others
13. Term for gaining unauthorized access to a building by posing as an employee or contractor.
16. Term for creating a fake website designed to mimic a legitimate one in order to steal information
17. Attack that involves sending text messages containing malicious links or requests for information