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Learn Social Engineering

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Learn Social Engineering

Overview of this book

This book will provide you with a holistic understanding of social engineering. It will help you to avoid and combat social engineering attacks by giving you a detailed insight into how a social engineer operates. Learn Social Engineering starts by giving you a grounding in the different types of social engineering attacks,and the damages they cause. It then sets up the lab environment to use different toolS and then perform social engineering steps such as information gathering. The book covers topics from baiting, phishing, and spear phishing, to pretexting and scareware. By the end of the book, you will be in a position to protect yourself and your systems from social engineering threats and attacks. All in all, the book covers social engineering from A to Z , along with excerpts from many world wide known security experts.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Milad Aslaner

Milad Aslaner is a mission-focused security professional with more than 11 years of international experience in product engineering, product management, and business evangelism for cybersecurity, data privacy, and enterprise mobility. He is an award-winning speaker and technical expert at worldwide conferences such as Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Tech Summit, and Microsoft Build. With his background, Milad Aslaner regularly advises Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, journalists, and analysts on the latest cybersecurity trends, and helps prepare them for cyber-crime incidents and cyber terrorism, and allows them to prepare for a secure digital transformation.

As a security professional, I regularly advise customers before, during, and after cyberattacks. For me, the number one priority is earning the trust of my customers. Therefore, while I will share real...