In criminal literature, social engineering (obtaining information through psychological manipulation rather than technical means) is often shaped as a key tool for characters to break through the security system. The following are several common techniques and their literary application scenarios： --- ### **1. Impersonating authority (Authority Exploitation)** -**Scene example**： -The role pretends to be a senior manager or an investigator of the security department, and pressures the security guard by forging documents, imitating the tone, or mastering internal terminology (such as project code names). -*Example*: "I am Manager Zhang from the Network Security Department of the headquarters. The system shows that your terminal has an abnormal login record. Please immediately provide today's duty log and access control password for verification. " -**Psychological manipulation**: Use the obedience under the hierarchical system to create a sense of urgency to make the other party abandon the verification process. --- ### **2. False Urgency (False Urgency)** -**Scene example**： -Falsely claimed that there was a fire, bomb threat or casualties, and asked the security guard to close the surveillance or open the access to the restricted area. -*Example*: "The pipeline on the second floor of the underground is leaking, and toxic gases are spreading! I need you to turn off the Eastern District alarm system immediately, otherwise the sprinkler device on the entire floor will destroy the server! " -**Psychological manipulation**: Use human stress response in crisis to interfere with rational judgment. --- ### **3. Reverse Trust Construction (Reverse Social Proof)** -**Scene example**： -The attacker masters the daily habits of the security guards (such as smoking location and shift time) through long-term observation, creates "chance encounters" and gradually establishes personal relationships. -*Example*: For a week in a row, he appeared "coincidentally" at the lunch time of the security guard, shared cigarettes and talked about family difficulties, and finally obtained permission on the grounds of "helping friends check and monitor". -**Psychological manipulation**: Disintegrate vigilance through the principles of empathy and reciprocity. --- ### **4. Technology-assisted deception (Phishing Hybrid)** -**Scene example**： -Send phishing text messages disguised as the company's system to the security phone and induce it to click on the link to enter the account password. - *Literary processing*: The text message content refers to the real internal notification format, with "Urgent: Your access card is about to expire, click the link to renew". -**Psychological manipulation**: Use inertial trust in official channels. --- ### **5. Trailing and physical penetration (Tailgating)** -**Scene example**： -The character holds a forged package in his hand or wears a maintenance worker's uniform, and follows a legal employee into the restricted area in the blind area of the security guard's line of sight. - *Enhanced details *: Steal the names of employees in advance, and answer naturally when asked by the security guard: "I made an appointment with Li Gong to overhaul the circuit. He just went in to get the tools. " -**Psychological manipulation**: Use crowd psychology and identity cues to reduce suspicion. --- ### **6. Information puzzle attack (Pretexting)** -**Scene example**： -Rummage through trash bins and social networks to mine security personal information (such as children's schools and medical records) to build customized tactics. -*Example*: "Master Wang, your son's application for a scholarship in No. 1 Middle School needs to supplement the certificate of employment of the Ministry of Security. I will collect the scanned copy for the Ministry of Personnel.，