Blog Writing Assignments Week 3

Computer Terms: What Is "Social Engineering"?

The social Engineering is a computer term and it is a one ways of computer hacking. The purpose of the person who is going to do social engineering is to get information such as Password or ID and then invade a computer network. In this way, they do not break the computer system. They do not do it as a mechanical way but a social way. There are some ways to do social engineering. These are the examples how to do Social Engineering. Peeping somebody’s paper that was about his or her password or hunting for a trash box and find the information and all the like are popular ways. If the password or ID are stolen, it is possible that it would be used as the crime tool. Therefore we should be careful.