Matching Pairs Social Engineering Online version Social Engineering Techniques by Kathy San 1 Tailgating 2 Spear Phishing 3 Eliciting information 4 Pharming 5 Phishing 6 Dumpster Diving 7 Vishing 8 SPIM 9 Smishing 10 Shoulder Surfing 11 Whaling 12 Spam A website attack technique that hackers use to redirect users from a legitimate site to a fake site. Attacker spying over your shoulder watching to steal personal information. A technique that is used to discreetly gather information. Usually, a casual conversation to extract information. Spam messages sent through instant messages like WhatsApp, Skype, or other chatting platforms. An email attack targeting specific individual or group. Attackers who gain useful information searching through trash. A phishing attack that targets high-ranking officials such as a CEO or other top-level executives. Unwanted junk email sent out in bulk. A technique that involves following someone into a secure area. Attacker who uses phone calls or leaving voice messages defrauding to gain sensitive information over the phone. Target emails. Usually spam with typo errors and requesting users to click on a malicious link. An attack using text messages.