The way hackers attack enterprises

Now, maybe hackers are testing the defensive strength of your company's firewall, looking for a loophole that can be attacked at any time. Usually this loophole may not be a specific "loophole", but a "person" (company employee). A man-made vulnerability may require employees only to download a bad attachment, click on its malicious link, or send an important message to the attacker. Therefore, security is no longer a simple matter, but an event that may have an impact on the company's business.

"companies need to realize that their employees are actually making decisions that affect the security of the company's business when they pick up the phone and answer emails every day," said Michele Fincher, chief operating officer of Social-Engineer. "but they don't realize that employees need to make a lot of good decisions to ensure business security."

It is not enough to address safety issues in annual training courses, Fincher said. "if employees are trained only once a year, then employees may still cause serious safety hazards to the enterprise."

Social engineering attacks are also difficult to distinguish between legitimate and malicious activities. In the past, hackers needed more skills to launch attacks. Now, they may launch attacks through social networks, phone calls and emails. They may also be monitoring rather than attacking.

As Chris Hadnagy, CEO of Social-Engineer, said, "there is no threshold for hackers."

Here are seven common ways for hackers to locate and attack company employees. Only by letting employees know themselves and enemies can they understand their own network dangers and where hackers are hiding.