What is a reverse social engineering attack?
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What is a reverse social engineering attack?
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A reverse social engineering attack is a person-to-person attack in which an attacker convinces the target that he or she has a problem or might have a certain problem in the future and that he, the attacker, is ready to help solve the problem. Reverse social engineering is performed through the following steps:
- An attacker first damages the target's equipment.
- He next advertises himself as a person of authority, ably skilled in solving that problem.
- In this step, he gains the trust of the target and obtains access to sensitive information.
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