By Gracie-Ann Allijohn

20-May 2016

AS A CHILD YOU ARECURIOUS BY NATURE

AND

QUESTIONS AREASKED

SOMETIMES SO INTELLIGENT

YOU ARE LEFT SCRATCHING YOURHEAD

AS YOUGET OLDER

YOULEARN

THE RULES OFBEHAVIOUR

THE WORLD AROUND YOU

AND THESERULES AREBASED ON

YOU BECOMECONSTRAINEDBY SOCIALNORMS

CAR PLATE NUMBER

£1,000,000

YOU BECOME THE PREDATOR

YOU BECOME THE PREY

OR OR

AT SOME POINT YOU MEET

A

SOCIAL ENGINEER

SOCIAL ENGINEERINGTHE CLEVER MANIPULATION OF THE

NATURAL HUMAN TENDENCY TO TRUST

JOHN SEES APUBLIC

COMPETITION

TO HACK ASECURE SYSTEM

I’m secure CAN YOUHACK ME?

WIN £100,000

JOHNRESEARCHESTHE COMPANY

AND

THE EMPLOYEES

JOHN STARTS TO VISIT THE COMPANYREGULARLY

AND

JOINS THE FAMILIAR EMPLOYEE FACES

ON THEIR SMOKING BREAKS

JOHN BECOMES A REGULARFACE

HE IS GREETED BY SECURITY

HE EVEN HAS DOORS HELDOPEN FOR HIM

ANDCALLS AN EMPLOYEE PRETENDING

TO BE FROM IT DEPARTMENT

JOHN MAKES HIMSELFCOMFORTABLE

AT A FREE COMPUTER

PHONE CONVERSATION

JOHN

LEARNS

USERNAMEAND

PASSWORD

JOHN CAN NOW HACKHIS WAY INTO THE

SERVER

LIKE A PROAND

WINS THECOMPETITION

YOU’VE BEENHACKED

SUSIE AVOIDS CHARITYWORKERS LIKE THE

PLAGUE

IF SUSIE SEES SOMEONE ONTHE STREET WITH A

CLIPBOARD SHE CROSSES THEROAD

ONE DAY SOMEONE IN THECROWD CALLS OUT TO SUSIE

“HEY, WHERE DID YOU GETYOUR HAIR DONE?”

SUSIE STOPS

SUSIE IS CAUGHT

SUSIE SITS POLITELY FOR 10 MINUTES

BEING HEAVILY INFORMED ABOUT

THE ‘SPONSOR A CHILD SCHEME’

SUSIE FINALLYSAYS NO THANKSAND WALKS PAST

THE OTHERWORKERS

(NOW GATHERED LIKE AFENCE) TUTTING ANDSHAKING THEIR HEADS

WHY WAS SUSIE CAUGHT?

HOW DID JOHN GET INTO AN ACCESSCONTROLLED AREA WITHOUT

CREDENTIALS

VERY FEW PEOPLE QUESTION KINDNESS

BUT DOES THIS MEAN YOU LISTEN TOTHE SAYING

‘TRUST NO ONE?'

TO AVOID THE JOHNs

MAKE SURE YOU

DON’T

MISHANDLE

NON PUBLIC INFORMATION

AND FOR THE SUSIEs

BE MORE

AWARE OF YOUR

SURROUNDINGS