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social engineering
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social engineering /n./ Term used among crackers and
samurai for cracking techniques that rely on weaknesses in
wetware rather than software; the aim is to trick people into
revealing passwords or other information that compromises a target
system's security. Classic scams include phoning up a mark who has
the required information and posing as a field service tech or a
fellow employee with an urgent access problem. See also the
tiger team story in the patch entry.
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