Social Engineering

The Art of Human Hacking

De: Paul Wilson - foreword, Christopher Hadnagy

Narrado por: A. T. Chandler

The first guide 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 using real-world examples, personal experience, and the science and technology behind them to unraveled the mystery in social engineering.

Kevin Mitnick - one of the most famous social engineers in the world - popularized the term social engineering. 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 and the science and 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;
• 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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2011 Christopher Hadnagy (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Great book.

A must read/listen. Keeps you entertained through all chapters. Motivational. Helpful. Highly recommend. Makes you aware of your surroundings.

Good Read overall

Didn't care for the narrator but the content was good. I'd recommend this book.

Very Insightful

This book was very insightful. One listen and you begin to see how social engineering is used all day, everyday throughout society.

Silly

Couldn’t make it past chapter 3. Absolute nonsense. The concept of nudging people and how others influence us is worth better understanding. Try Cialdini.

Pass on this or read it yourself

The narrator ruins this for me. no emotion and sounds like my GPS is reading me a book. Don't even know if I'll finish this. so boring

Extremely drawn out

First of all, I couldn’t get over the vast amount of time he said “social engineer” it felt like 1-2 times a sentence. At least abbreviate it and you could shave 2 hours off this book. Secondly, most of this info is almost common sense. Don’t say the wrong thing, look presentable, know about the target, etc. the only truly valuable info came from him telling past stories.