To increase the success chances of an attack, social engineers will often employ a number of tools. We will look at the physical, phone-based, and software tools used in the social engineering process.
The tools for social engineering
Physical tools
These are hardware tools that are used to assist with data gathering or to enable a social engineer to perform some actions. They are explained in the following sections.
Lockpicks
Lockpicking is commonly depicted in movies as a simple task that involves the insertion of a lockpick into a lock and with minimal effort getting...
