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Learn Social Engineering

You're reading from Learn Social Engineering Learn the art of human hacking with an internationally renowned expert

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788837927

Length 566 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Title Page

Dedication

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Foreword

Contributors

Preface

1. Introduction to Social Engineering FREE CHAPTER

2. The Psychology of Social Engineering – Mind Tricks Used

3. Influence and Persuasion

4. Information Gathering

5. Targeting and Recon

6. Elicitation

7. Pretexting

8. Social Engineering Tools

9. Prevention and Mitigation

10. Case Studies of Social Engineering

11. Ask the Experts – Part 1

12. Ask the Experts – Part 2

13. Ask the Experts – Part 3

14. Ask the Experts – Part 4

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Index

Google hacking

Google hacking is a technique that will use Google Search to help you find any information you need that is hidden in the internet. It involves using specific strings of text to find the results. For social engineers, this technique is a gold mine. Based on CSO online, the FBI has issued a public warning against this very well-known issue. FBI warnings tells agencies that hackers/social engineers will use Google hacking to locate information that organizations may not have intended to be discoverable by the public or to find website vulnerabilities for use in subsequent cyberattacks.

Note

FBI issues warning about creative Google searchesby Steve Ragan available athttps://www.csoonline.com/article/2597556/social-engineering/fbi-issues-warning-about-creative-google-searches.html https://www.csoonline.com/article/2597556/social-engineering/fbi-issues-warning-about-creative-google-searches.html.

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