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27. Social Engineering Awareness

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Chala mitrano, aaj sarvat mahatvacha ani sarvat durlakshit vishay – social engineering. Aataparyant aapan machines hack kelya, pan attacker cha sarvat sopa target machine nahi, manus aahe! Firewall, HTTPS, strong password – he sagle asun suddha ek phone call kiwa ek fake email madhe manus fasto ani sagli suraksha vaya jate. Ha chapter attack karaycha nahi, tar olakhaycha ani thambavaycha aahe – tumhi, tumche students, tumcha kutumb ani business surakshit rahava mhanun. Ha bahutek rojcha, practical dhada aahe. Samjla ka? Chala!

What you will learn in this chapter

  • What social engineering is and why it works (the psychology)
  • The main types: phishing, vishing, smishing, pretexting, baiting, tailgating
  • How to spot a phishing email or message, step by step
  • The SET toolkit – named for awareness only, not for attacking anyone
  • Building awareness: what to teach students, staff and family
  • What to do if you or someone clicked

Awareness only – never target real people

This chapter is about recognising and stopping social engineering. Sending phishing emails, fake calls or fake login pages to real people (even "as a test") without written authorisation is fraud and a crime under the IT Act (sections 66C, 66D). Only authorised, agreed awareness programs run simulated tests.

Concepts in this chapter

  1. 27.1What Social Engineering Is and Why It Works
  2. 27.2Types of Social Engineering
  3. 27.3How to Spot a Phishing Message
  4. 27.4The SET Toolkit (Awareness Only)
  5. 27.5Building Awareness and Responding
  6. 27.6Red vs Blue, Project and Real Incidents

The chapter recap is at the end of the last concept page.