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

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  • Pummy Dhiman
  • Sheikh Abdul Wajid
  • Farah Fayaz Quraishi

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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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  • Pummy Dhiman & Sheikh Abdul Wajid & Farah Fayaz Quraishi, 2017. "A Comprehensive Study of Social Engineering - The Art of Mind Hacking," International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology, International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology, vol. 2(6), pages 543-548, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:jbh:ijsrcs:v2:y2017:i6:id:hcseit1726179
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