social engineering

Social Engineering is used primarily in the cracking world. These previous defintions talking about free drinks etc IS NOT social engineering. That is a con or scam. Social Engineering is a art form. It is the ability to gain peoples trust and using that information for your own nefarious purposes. Social Engineering can range from the most mundane to elaborate ruses. It can be someone asking a another person for their password or it can be someone pretending to be a a employee of a trusted company to get access to something. Keep in mind the ultimate goal is to get access to something. People are not stupid which is why social engineering came about. A usual direct question to someone for a password or login is going to give you a no answer. However when applying social engineering you would be calling or speaking to this person under the premise that you work for the helpdesk or the telephone co. You temporarily befriend this person get their guard down then get the information you need. Kevin Mitnick was a master of Social of Engineering.

I was able to use Social Engineering with Joe by pretending to work for the Phone Company. I called him and was able to get the employee login list.

I made a fake badge for a tech firm and was able to social engineer my way into the datacenter where I got access to some servers where I was able to install a backdoor.

by Hi-Tech-H8 December 24, 2005

engineering

Where the noble semi-skilled workers execute the vision of those who are able to think and dream.

Michael started off college as a physics major but later switched to electrical engineering after realizing he was just not smart enough to ponder the mysteries of the Universe in any real meaningful way.

by PortlandScience October 9, 2012

without knowledge in engineering

Building or constructing something without having thought it through comme du monde

If you are building an electric chair in your basement without knowledge in engineering, you are not only slicing the pineapple but the result may be Frankenstein.

by Sexydimma March 7, 2021

Engineering

Performing steps toward a goal in such a way to access and use dark energy specifically Jinn Magik. Heavy use of numbers and geometry. Hyper focus and small groups produce more power exponentially. The entities nearest your physical location on earth will be invoked first, you will know they are with you when your ear begins to ring.

Genetic engineering

In-Jinn-near/ear ring.

by EM3WEM3 June 26, 2019

Obama engineering

the new term used for "nigga riggin" after Obama became President.

Yo dawg, your rides system was Obama engineering

by quincy smith August 22, 2009

engineering

Engineering is the practice of mucking up once useful objects. Practitioners excel at telling skilled workers how to do things the engineers themselves have never done, nor are capable of learning. Engineers can expect to be paid menial wages while languishing in a cubicle and annoying productive people with endless demands for more submittals. Your life as an engineer will be designing stupid shit that laymen will fix in the field, and reviewing thousands of pages of eyewash to ensure that all systems are too comp-licated for the end users. Fortunately you will have months to incorrectly design systems that the talented technicians must build and install in weeks. They will make it work behind your back so you don't fly in on a site visit and fix things. You will be replaced in your prime by an intern and no one will notice or care that you are gone.

Engineering guy says let me explain how your car works while a skilled person fixes it.

by notanengineer January 3, 2017

software engineering

1. An engineering discipline that is increasingly turning into a commodity much like cattle farming in the agriculture industry.

2. Disposable code factories, not cost effective to reuse or refurbish.

If those software engineers don't get the project done by the deadline, we will replace them with ones from India.

by Snowcat October 10, 2003