social engineering: n. Term used among crackers and samurai
for cracking techniques that rely on weaknesses in wetware rather
than software; the aim is to trick people into revealing passwords
or other information that compromises a target system's security.
Classic scams include phoning up a mark who has the required
information and posing as a field service tech or a fellow employee
with an urgent access problem. See also the tiger team story in
the patch entry.
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