Name: Social Engineering
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ISBN: 9781119433385

Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking, 2nd Edition, is a textbook examining how social engineering bypasses firewalls and antivirus software by targeting human decision-making. The volume focuses on understanding psychological manipulation to help readers recognize, predict, and prevent deceptive access to sensitive spaces.

The text addresses open-source intelligence collection, communication profiling, and influence strategies. It outlines interpersonal approaches such as pretexting, rapport building, and nonverbal observation to demonstrate how attackers manipulate emotions.

The 2018 edition incorporates updated methods, illustrative stories, and scientific studies on decision-making, preparing readers to analyze attack methods, support penetration testing, and establish defensive security policies.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: A Look into the New World of Professional Social Engineering
- • What Has Changed?
- • Why Should You Read This Book?
- • An Overview of Social Engineering
- • The SE Pyramid
- • What’s in This Book?
- • Summary
Chapter 2: Do You See What I See?
- • A Real-World Example of Collecting OSINT
- • Nontechnical OSINT
- • Tools of the Trade
- • Summary
Chapter 3: Proﬁling People Through Communication
- • The Approach
- • Enter the DISC
- • Summary
Chapter 4: Becoming Anyone You Want to Be
- • The Principles of Pretexting
- • Summary
Chapter 5: I Know How to Make You Like Me
- • The Tribe Mentality
- • Building Rapport as a Social Engineer
- • The Rapport Machine
- • Summary
Chapter 6: Under the Inﬂuence
- • Principle One: Reciprocity
- • Principle Two: Obligation
- • Principle Three: Concession
- • Principle Four: Scarcity
- • Principle Five: Authority
- • Principle Six: Consistency and Commitment
- • Principle Seven: Liking
- • Principle Eight: Social Proof
- • Inﬂuence vs. Manipulation
- • Summary
Chapter 7: Building Your Artwork
- • The Dynamic Rules of Framing
- • Elicitation
- • Summary
Chapter 8: I Can See What You Didn’t Say
- • Nonverbals Are Essential
- • All Your Baselines Belong to Us
- • Understand the Basics of Nonverbals
- • Comfort vs. Discomfort
- • Summary
Chapter 9: Hacking the Humans
- • An Equal Opportunity Victimizer
- • The Principles of the Pentest
- • Phishing
- • Vishing
- • SMiShing
- • Impersonation
- • Reporting
- • Top Questions for the SE Pentester
- • Summary
Chapter 10: Do You Have a M.A.P.P.?
- • Step 1: Learn to Identify Social Engineering Attacks
- • Step 2: Develop Actionable and Realistic Policies
- • Step 3: Perform Regular Real-World Checkups
- • Step 4: Implement Applicable Security-Awareness Programs
- • Tie It All Together
- • Gotta Keep ’Em Updated
- • Let the Mistakes of Your Peers Be Your Teacher
- • Create a Security Awareness Culture
- • Summary
Chapter 11: Now What?
- • Soft Skills for Becoming an Social Engineer
- • Technical Skills
- • Education
- • Job Prospects
- • The Future of Social Engineering

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