Social engineering for security attacks

Jennifer Nelson, X. Lin, C. Chen, J. Iglesias, J. J. Li

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Abstract

Social Engineering is a kind of advance persistent threat (APT) that gains private and sensitive information through social networks or other types of communication. The attackers can use social engineering to obtain access into social network accounts and stays there undetected for a long period of time. The purpose of the attack is to steal sensitive data and spread false information rather than to cause direct damage. Such targets can include Facebook accounts of government agencies, corporations, schools or high-profile users. We propose to use IDS, Intrusion Detection System, to battle such attacks. What the social engineering does is try to gain easy access, so that the attacks can be repeated and ongoing. The focus of this study is to find out how this type of attacks are carried out so that they can properly detected by IDS in future research.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 3rd Multidisciplinary International Social Networks Conference, SocialInformatics 2016, Data Science 2016, MISNC, SI, DS 2016
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Print)9781450341295
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Aug 2016
Event3rd Multidisciplinary International Social Networks Conference, MISNC 2016, 5th ASE International Conference on Social Informatics, SocialInformatics 2016 and 7th ASE International Conference on Data Science, DS 2016 - Union, United States
Duration: 15 Aug 201617 Aug 2016

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference3rd Multidisciplinary International Social Networks Conference, MISNC 2016, 5th ASE International Conference on Social Informatics, SocialInformatics 2016 and 7th ASE International Conference on Data Science, DS 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityUnion
Period15/08/1617/08/16

Keywords

  • Advance persistent threat (APT)
  • Social engineering
  • Social network security
  • Spear-phishing

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