Methodology For Studying The Influence Of Social Engineering

Abstract

The author continues investigating the world problem of cybercrime and social risks as constant companions of that social phenomenon. In the circumstances of a new COVID world order the problem of cybercrime as a challenge to all mankind has only been intensified. Lately the author focused on the problem of understanding the nature of online risks known as risks of continuous online-communication. On the basis of theoretical analysis and empirical research it was systematized probable manifestations of risks taking into account their differential impact on some categories of the population. Now the author makes next step in understanding such a phenomenon like social engineering as a tool for committing a cybercrime. It is stated in the text the relevance of studying that social and psychological case and discussed the need for methodology of its analysis. It is discussed in the article the latest results of a survey conducted by the Russian Opinion Research Center (WCIOM) and proposed the classification of tools used by social engineers while committing such type of crime. According to many experts, the greatest threat to information security, both for large companies and ordinary users, in the next decades will be in roving methods of social engineering used to crack existing security tools. Our biology is inextricably linked with our social essence.