What operating method does social engineering use?
Different approaches are used in social engineering, but there is general agreement on five major phases. The study and observation phase intended, on the one hand, to gain the confidence of a person or group of people (together or separately), generally under an invented but credible identity and, on the other hand, to observe the behavior, habits, activities and relationships that link these people. The stimulation phase intended to create an incident condition (for the targeted person or group of persons) to test reactions in a crisis situation and grasp the different interaction flaws with the groups and organizations involved. In brief, the intent is to destabilize in order to judge reactions and their coherence and speed. This phase is often highly revealing about approaches that corporations take to security (e.g., weak linkage between logical and physical measures), and the absence of a comprehensive and integrated vision of security in which everyone plays a set role (with goo
