Social Engineering
The Science of Human Hacking 2nd Edition

This is a pretty good white-hat breakdown of techniques that exploit the more psychological aspects of hacking. Indeed, while it does go into some really decent detail focusing on awareness of methods, it really shines in highlighting how one might go into business as an Auditor, themselves. All in......more

3-3.5 stars. Book contains plenty of useful information, but I didn't like it at all ;/ Why? 1. Narrator in Audible version was far too monotonous & made even the most interesting cases sound dull. 2. Book is too repetitive, while in the same time it lacked clear structure -> this deepens the feeling of......more

This is one of the few books that deals with the human element in security (mainly IT security here), known as Social Engineering (SE, for short). It begins with a short example-driven overview of the technical aspects of hacking humans (Open Source Intelligence, OSINT), but it is clear that this is......more

This books contains the basic principles of S.E. The very downside of it though, is that the information provided in each domain is too trivial. Once you hit a new chapter and have a glance at the title you would say wow it must be very interesting but as you proceed along the content you get disapp......more

There is a story about Harry Houdini, that he once failed to escape from a jail cell, even though the door was unlocked. The reason he stayed trapped is that he only knew how to get out of locked doors. In the world of technology, there are indeed many locked doors, and social engineers know how to......more