Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (612 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1491577010 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 316 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Inside Flap Forward written by Paul Wilson from The Real Hustle UK. rpaulwilson/
He explained that it is much easier to trick someone into revealing a password for a system than to exert the effort of hacking into the system. Mitnick claims that this social engineering tactic was the single-most effective method in his arsenal. This indispensable audiobook examines a variety of maneuvers that are aimed at deceiving unsuspecting victims, while it also addresses ways to prevent social engineering threats.This audiobook:-Examines social engineering, the Science & Technology of influencing a target to perform a desired task or divulge information; -Arms you with invaluable information about the many methods of trickery that hackers use in order to gather information with the intent of executing identity theft, fraud, or gaining computer system access; and-Reveals vital steps for preventing social engineering threats.Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking does its part to prepare you against nefarious hackers. Now you can do your part by putting to good use the critical information this audiobook provides.. The first audiobook to reveal and dissect the technical aspect of many social engineering maneuvers…From elicitation, pretexting, influence, and manipulation, all aspects of social engineering are picked apart, discussed, and explained by usi
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Christopher Hadnagy is the lead developer of social-engineer, the world’s first social engineering framework. He also serves as trainer and lead social engineer for Offensive Security’s penetration testing team. In more than 14 years of security and IT activity, he has partnered with the team at backtrack-linux and worked on a wide variety of security projects.