The Art of Social Engineering
eBook Details:
- Paperback: 234 pages
- Publisher: WOW! eBook (October 20, 2023)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1804613649
- ISBN-13: 978-1804613641
eBook Description:
The Art of Social Engineering: Understand psychology-driven social engineering, arm yourself with potent strategies, and mitigate threats to your organization and personal data with this all-encompassing guide
Social engineering is one of the most prevalent methods used by attackers to steal data and resources from individuals, companies, and even government entities. This book serves as a comprehensive guide to understanding social engineering attacks and how to protect against them.
The Art of Social Engineering starts by giving you an overview of the current cyber threat landscape, explaining the psychological techniques involved in social engineering attacks, and then takes you through examples to demonstrate how to identify those attacks.
You’ll learn the most intriguing psychological principles exploited by attackers, including influence, manipulation, rapport, persuasion, and empathy, and gain insights into how attackers leverage technology to enhance their attacks using fake logins, email impersonation, fake updates, and executing attacks through social media. This book will equip you with the skills to develop your own defensive strategy, including awareness campaigns, phishing campaigns, cybersecurity training, and a variety of tools and techniques.
- Grasp the psychological concepts and principles used in social engineering attacks
- Distinguish the different types of social engineering attacks
- Examine the impact of social engineering on social networks
- Find out how attackers leverage OSINT tools to perform more successful attacks
- Walk through the social engineering lifecycle
- Get a glimpse of the capabilities of Social Engineering Toolkit (SET)
By the end of The Art of Social Engineering book, you’ll be proficient in identifying cyberattacks and safeguarding against the ever-growing threat of social engineering with your defensive arsenal.