How to rob a bank

[thewayne]

Very good article on how security analysts conduct social engineering attacks, in this case, against a bank. Lots of good links to other articles on social engineering.

http://www.csoonline.com/article/print/692551

Comments

[silveradept]

Kind of a truism of security is that people are the weakest link in the chain - because people like in the article are basically preying on our cultural assumptions and what we grew up with - "trust firemen, police people, etc. becuase they're here to keep you safe."

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

There's a t-shirt, probably at Jinx, that says "Social Engineering: because there's no patch for human stupidity."