Dumpster Diving

                                     Dumpster Diving

       Attacker does not launch their attack without any information. This information gets from targets trash.
       If attacker gets the information from the targets trash is called Dumpster Diving.Its belongs to the Social Engineering.

     In the dumpster diving the attacker search the small data in trash and it get very sticky information like a pin number,username,password etc,.

      In computer security dumpster diving is like a dumping. That means the rubbish unwanted waste,unwanted materials etc,.
       

 

How to avoid Dumpster Diving?

1. Avoid throwing sensitive information in the trash.
2. Company should have some polices about to destroy trash.
3. Company should contain trash container.