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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

The tips for targeting and recon are as follows:

  • Never share critical information in social media
  • Never reuse important passwords
  • Never share more than the other person needs to know
  • Know what to speak, when to speak, and how to speak
  • Read Chapter 8, Social Engineers Tools and search yourself to find out how public you are
  • Keep in mind that there is no such thing as my social media account