The Art of Social Engineering: Uncover the secrets behind the human dynamics in cybersecurity

Understand psychology-driven social engineering, arm yourself with potent strategies, and mitigate threats to your organization and personal data with this all-encompassing guide

 

Key Features:

 

• Gain insights into the open source intelligence (OSINT) methods used by attackers to harvest data
• Understand the evolving implications of social engineering on social networks
• Implement effective defensive strategies to mitigate the probability and impact of social engineering attacks
• Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

 

Book Description:

 

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.

 

By the end of this social engineering book, you'll be proficient in identifying cyberattacks and safeguarding against the ever-growing threat of social engineering with your defensive arsenal.

 

What You Will Learn:

 

• 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)

 

Who this book is for:

 

This book is for cybersecurity enthusiasts, ethical hackers, penetration testers, IT administrators, cybersecurity analysts, or anyone concerned with cybersecurity, privacy, and risk management. It will serve as a valuable resource for managers, decision makers, and government officials to understand the impact and importance of social engineering and how to protect against this threat.

了解以心理學為基礎的社交工程，掌握強大的策略，並通過這本全面指南減輕對組織和個人數據的威脅。

主要特點：
- 瞭解攻擊者使用的開放源情報（OSINT）方法來收集數據
- 理解社交工程對社交網絡的不斷演變的影響
- 實施有效的防禦策略，以減輕社交工程攻擊的概率和影響
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書籍描述：
社交工程是攻擊者用來竊取個人、公司甚至政府實體數據和資源的最常見方法之一。本書是一本全面指南，旨在幫助讀者瞭解社交工程攻擊並提供保護措施。

《社交工程的藝術》首先概述了當前的網絡威脅環境，解釋了社交工程攻擊中涉及的心理學技巧，然後通過示例演示如何識別這些攻擊。

您將學習攻擊者利用的最引人入勝的心理學原則，包括影響力、操縱、建立關係、說服力和同理心，並深入了解攻擊者如何利用技術增強攻擊，包括使用假登錄、電子郵件冒充、假更新以及通過社交媒體執行攻擊。本書將使您具備制定自己的防禦策略的能力，包括意識活動、釣魚活動、網絡安全培訓以及各種工具和技術。

通過閱讀本書，您將能夠熟練識別網絡攻擊，並以您的防禦工具箱對抗不斷增長的社交工程威脅。

學到什麼：
- 掌握社交工程攻擊中使用的心理概念和原則
- 區分不同類型的社交工程攻擊
- 研究社交工程對社交網絡的影響
- 了解攻擊者如何利用OSINT工具進行更成功的攻擊
- 走過社交工程生命周期
- 瞭解社交工程工具包（SET）的功能

適合對象：
本書適合熱衷於網絡安全、道德黑客、滲透測試人員、IT管理員、網絡安全分析師或任何關注網絡安全、隱私和風險管理的人士。對於管理人員、決策者和政府官員來說，本書將是一個有價值的資源，幫助他們瞭解社交工程的影響和重要性，以及如何防範這種威脅。