Social Engineering is sort of hacking humans.<\/p>Tweet<\/a><\/blockquote>\n Phishing is the most popular and problematic method of penetrating the security using various kinds of trickery. Little investments required and high efficiency make it very attractive for the criminals, so this is already a sort of\u00a0commercial service<\/a>. As reported<\/a> in Kaspersky Lab\u2019s study of phishing attack in 2011-2013, \u201cthe nature of phishing attacks is such that the simplest types can be launched without any major infrastructure investments or in-depth technological research. This situation has led to its own form of \u201ccommercialization\u201d of these types of attacks, and phishing is now being almost industrialized, both by cybercriminals with professional technological skills and IT dilettantes.<\/em><\/p>\n Overall, the effectiveness of phishing, combined with its profitability for criminals and the simplicity of the process, has led to a steadily rising number of these types of incidents.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Incidents should be called \u201csuccessful attacks\u201d. The most dangerous type is spearphishing, a narrowly-targeted attack that is preceded by gathering personal and working data on the potential victims (employees of a target company, etc.). These data are used to add credibility to phishing messages (sent via e-mail or social networking sites), so that the people don\u2019t suspect it\u2019s a trap. Using some personal data an attacker can lure a victim to a fake and\/or infected website and make him type his or her login-password combination. The consequences are apparent.<\/p>\n So can we beat social engineering, win over the phishers, and make the fraudsters run away screaming never to return?<\/p>\n The short answer: most likely, no. <\/p>![\"wide\"](\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2015\/12\/06020424\/wide.png\")
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