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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)

Tips

  • Make sure to download Kali Linux and learn it as much as you can at https://www.kali.org/
  • Master the Social Engineering Framework (SET) tool at https://www.social-engineer.org/framework/se-tools/computer-based/social-engineer-toolkit-set/
  • As we learned before, social engineering can also be done without computers, so you have to master human behavior as well
  • Never ever use the default manufacturer username and password for any of your devices, this includes IOT devices
  • Do what works for you based on your skillset, master your attack path, and make it as realistic as possible

Keep in mind that social engineering attacks' main motivation is to compromise a specific system, application, or the target user's workstation. Remember the importance of building a story that will make sense to your target user and have a logical path to meet your goals.

And finally keep...