Social engineering hacking is the art of psychological manipulating and diverting people so that they give up confidential information. Criminals use many social engineering tactics because it comes out to be easier to cheat your natural inclination to trust than it is to discover new ways to hack your software. You must have heard of many phishing attacks where victims are tricked into providing their personal informations or sensitive data by an urgent sounding voice mail that claims to be official, convinces them and makes them suffer severe consequences. Moreover, social engineering exercises are a vital aspect of ethical hacking engagements.