The Role of Social Engineering in Organized Cyber Crime

Abstract

The fast development of digital technology and internet connectivity has greatly contributed to the enlargement and diversification of cybercrime activities at the global level. Social engineering, as an attack method, has gained prominence among other cyber attack modes because it is a highly deceptive tool which enables criminal hackers to take advantage of a person's weaknesses rather than finding the vulnerabilities in the entire system. Simply put, social engineering is a set of tactics that employ the art of persuasion to trick a person to give out private information like passwords, banking details, or top-secret company information.