Social Engineering: A Psychological Hacking to Temper Medical Security - Proceedings of All India Seminar on Biomedical Engineering 2012 (AISOBE-2012) - page 230

Social Engineering: A Psychological
Hacking to Temper Medical Security

L. N. Pandey, Mukta Bhatele and Vivek Badhe

Abstract There are several techniques available to a hacker for infringe the
information from persons using social networks. The human approach often called
''Social Engineering'' and is almost the most difficult one to handle. The hackers
of today are using a hybrid approach combining social networking techniques and
hacking methodologies to gain unauthorized access to computer systems. In
general, the user is easy to fool—and that is why so many people get infected.
Even if user knows about security, and knows that he have to be careful on the
internet, no one is safe when something is really targeted at you. This paper
describes some common Social Engineering techniques and their impact on the
Medical Security. This paper describes the ways to protect the images or data from
being tempered. It also discusses innovative ways for us to construct and utilizes
scenarios for social engineering tests, and provides key strategies for successfully
defeating these attacks.

Keywords Psychological hacking Social engineering Spam Medical security

Introduction

As hacking attacks on systems have been increased, many security systems also
developed to prevent them. As a result, attackers are shifting their focus and
targeting peoples through social engineering methods to gain unnoticed access to

M. Bhatele V. Badhe
Department of Computer Science, Gyan Ganga College of Technology, Jabalpur, India
L. N. Pandey (

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Computer Technology and Application, Gyan Ganga College of Technology, Jabalpur, India
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