6.8. Hands-On Lab
The lab in this chapter is as follows:
Lab 6.1: Test Social Engineering
6.8.1. Lab 6.1: Test Social Engineering
In this lab, you'll test your users to determine the likelihood of a social engineering attack. The following are suggestions for tests; you might need to modify them slightly to be appropriate at your workplace. Before doing any of them, make certain your manager knows that you're conducting such a test and approves of it:
Call the receptionist from an outside line. Tell them that you're a new salesperson and that you didn't write down the username and password the sales manager gave you last week. Tell them that you need to get a file from the e-mail system for a presentation tomorrow. Do they direct you to the ...
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