Bang of Social Engineering in Social Networking Sites
This research paper is a brief study on social engineering that explores the internet awareness among males and females of different age groups. In our study, we have researched on how an individual shares his/her identity and sensitive information which
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Abstract This research paper is a brief study on social engineering that explores the internet awareness among males and females of different age groups. In our study, we have researched on how an individual shares his/her identity and sensitive information which directly or indirectly affects them on social networking sites. This information can be user’s personal identification traits, their photos, visited places, etc. The parameters chosen for influence of social engineering in social networking sites are passwords, share ability, and awareness. This research briefly explains how people between age group of 13–40 years share their information over the web and their awareness of netiquettes. This information is then conclusively used to calculate average amount of sensitive information which can be extracted through social engineering for different age groups of males and females. Keywords Social networking site Awareness Passwords Victim
Social engineering
Share ability
1 Introduction In today’s world where technology is the necessity in everybody’s life, social engineering is emerging as vital vicinity in social networking sites. Different services are available for individuals, enterprises, and organizations that have implemented variety of features in social networking sites. These sites provide a perfect platform for hackers and attackers. Information posted and shared by users are always under threat. Shilpi Sharma (&) Saksham Gulati ASET, Amity University, Noida, India e-mail: [email protected] Saksham Gulati e-mail: [email protected] J.S. Sodhi AKC Data Systems Pvt. Ltd., Amity University, Noida, India e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016 S.C. Satapathy et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 438, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0767-5_36
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Social Engineering, in information security refers to as psychological manipulation of human mind to extract sensitive information [1]. It is an art of deceiving the victim fetching sensitive information that can benefit the hacker or cracker [2, 3]. Social engineering is a widely used technique for extracting information from people to process, counter and plot a structured cyber attack. It is an approach that helps to crack the personal data of unknown users, to find their weaknesses or strengths for an organized crime. In 2011, a survey was conducted by Dimension Research in U.S, Canada, Australia, U.K, Germany, and New Zealand on IT professionals and concluded that 48 % are victims of social engineering attacks in social networking sites [4]. It has been found that the most significant security risks are associated with social engineering [5]. With the changing threat scenario in cyber space [6], hacking skills of hackers are becoming sophisticated and difficult to track. Social networking sites are progressively accessed by users of different age groups from teenagers to
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