social engineering
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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