ABSTRACT
This paper defines social engineering and explains how one can use the human mind for capturing useful information about organizations or individuals. It also provides recommendations on how to defend and protect against attackers using social engineering techniques. Social engineering is a non-technical method of intrusion hacker’s use that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves tricking people into breaking normal security procedure. Since there is neither hardware nor software available to protect an enterprise or individual against social engineering, it is essential that good practices be implemented. The overall purpose of this survey is to highlight the different social engineering attacks and how they can prevented.
