Social Engineering, Second Edition

The Science of Human Hacking

By: Christopher Hadnagy

Narrated by: Christopher Hadnagy

Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking reveals the craftier side of the hacker's repertoire - why hack into something when you could just ask for access? Undetectable by firewalls and antivirus software, social engineering relies on human fault to gain access to sensitive spaces; in this book, renowned expert Christopher Hadnagy explains the most commonly used techniques that fool even the most robust security personnel and reveals how these techniques have been used in the past.

The way that we make decisions as humans affects everything from our emotions to our security. Hackers, since the beginning of time, have figured out ways to exploit that decision making process and get you to take an action not in your best interest. Networks and systems can be hacked, but they can also be protected; when the "system" in question is a human being, there is no software to fall back on, no hardware upgrade, no code that can lock information down indefinitely. Human nature and emotion is the secret weapon of the malicious social engineering, and this book reveals how to recognize, predict, and prevent this type of manipulation by taking you inside the social engineer's bag of tricks.

©2018 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (P)2019 Gildan Media

good listen

I enjoyed the book greatly. It was eye opening and very instructive. If you are looking for a good book on social engineering this one will ring true, grab you, and help you see.

How to work as a Social engineering

Interesting book. More about how to work in security than social Engineering.
But still a good book

A great start to getting an introduction to the industry.

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this audiobook and learned a lot! I definitely plan on purchasing a physical copy so I can do more research into some of the topics mentioned.

Excellent Listen!!!!

Lots of good information presented. In fact, I will be listening to it again just to make sure I absorb all of it.

Great listen, but wasn't designed for it

Listening to someone read tables gets rather confusing, but fortunately only happens once. Otherwise, it's a great listen filled with good ideas and entertaining anecdotes.

Hadnagy Rules

This book is simply amazing. It is so informative and very useful for my current career and my future careers.
I highly recommend you read this to protect and defend against SE attacks.

Great book & info, Audio quality needs improvement

There is a background audio feedback/white noise/air disruption that sounds almost like running water that's heard behind the reader's voice. It's subtly distracting.

excellently preformed and great content

this is an excellent book about the methods of social engineering and how it is used in a professional manner. I recommend this to anyone who is curious or interested in security. in particular to security guards so that they understand what to look for when people are trying to take advantage of you. by focusing on the human vector the author really reveals the shortcomings of security

Great book.

Loved this book. So much good information and fun real life experiences. Was fun to listen to and always looked forward to it.

Hands Down the BEST Resource for SE

I've read a lot of books on SE, but combines the psychology, science, and social dynamics into an easy to follow formula like this book does. I'm not kidding, it saved my marriage.