Social Engineering and its Impact via the Internet

Authors

Matthew J. Warren, Deakin University
Shona Leitch, Deakin University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Keywords

Social Engineering, Internet and Blogging

Publisher

School of Computer and Information Science, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia

Comments

4th Australian Information Security Management Conference, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, 5th December, 2006

Abstract

Historically social engineering attacks were limited upon a single organisation or single individual at a time. The impact of the Internet and growth of E-Business has allowed social engineering techniques to be applied at a global level. The paper will discuss how new social engineering techniques are being applied and puts forward a conceptual model to allow an understanding of how social engineering attacks are planned and implemented against E-Business activities.