Hacking 102 - Kapil Sharma

End user hacking: 

Even a end user can hack a machine without knowing much information related to code, networking/protocol knowledge.
 
So, all this basic to advance information gathering is part of social hacking. 
Suppose a person used a cyber cafe system for web surfing and then next person use his/her machine. 

By check first user web history the end user become a hacker. In this case hacker got the first user web surfing history information from system. This is called social hacking. 

It can be in many forms. User call to the target entity ask for bank details, personal details by forging as bank or insurance agent. Now these days many call comes and tell end users that they are calling from bank or verification agency and ask for details. 



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