The document discusses social engineering and how it is used to manipulate people into sharing desirable information. Social engineering utilizes social factors like friendliness, compliments, and peer pressure to obtain information from targets. It notes that social engineering is commonly used and can take the form of phishing scams or pretexting where hackers pretend to need information from targets. The document emphasizes that awareness, common sense, and thinking critically about what information to share can help people distinguish and protect themselves from social engineering attempts.

1. Justin Lee

2.  Me
 Information Technology
 Senior, graduating Spring 12
 Information or Technology?
 Who thinks it’s too early?

4.  Reasons Chronologically
 Friendly greeting
 Shared personal information
 Presented a favorable option
 I asked for “help”
 Peer Pressure?

5.  What is it?
 Utilizing social factors to obtain desirables
▪ Manipulation
 When is it used?
 All the time!

7.  Antecedent
 Altruism
 Behavior
 Not your own, or is it?
▪ You choose to engage to their will
 Consequence
 The point to social engineering!

10.  Neither and Both
 Social Engineering is a method
 Babies use it and you do too!
 Hackers also use it…

12.  Value of information
 Dependence
 Lack of education

13.  Phishing Scams
 Pretexting
 Actually…
 From anyone that asks

14.  Awareness
 Common Sense
 Control
 Do you want to share
just any information?

16. What color is this?
Justin Lee Red or Orange?
Blue or Purple?

17.  To distinguish mentally; recognize as
distinct or different
 Requires awareness
 And a little bit of thinking

19.  Incentives to comply
 Distractions entertain
▪ Those puppies could be MO’s
 Compliments reinforce behavior

20.  Questions
 Clarifications