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Home Architecture, security and coding Social-engineering report from DEFON 18
Social-engineering report from DEFON 18
Written by Division by Zero   
Friday, 17 September 2010 10:27

Social-enineer.org released their report of the social-engineering contest held at DEFON 18. The results are alarming.

They held a social-engineering capture the flag, targeting large companies like Microsoft, Cisco, Coca Cola and Pepsi. It turns out that relevant information was gained quite easily. It didn't take a seasoned social-engineer to do it. Easy access to social media, like Facebook, Linked-in and Google maps, in combination with customer services that are focused on customer satisfaction gave a lot of information. Even harder targets fell easily for believable chosen pretexts. Without good guidelines people tent to go to their default modus operandi, which is being helpful.

Here's the full report.

 

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