Hacking Humans : Social Engineering Techniques and How to Protect Against Them
summary
Covers concrete attack mechanics and numbers: phishing makes up about 77% of social attacks, 90% of email is spam, phone scams targeted millions (2.4M/2.3M in cited years) and breached accounts average ~£42.5k loss. Shows specific techniques—pretexting, elicitation, dumpster diving, foot in the door, fear and relief—and demos how an attacker harvests OSINT, plants USB keyloggers or uses vishing. Advises precise mitigations: call back via internal directory, shred documents, disable USB, lock machines and classify confidential assets.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Intro
- 3:083 Methodologies
- 4:25Statistics : Phishing
- 4:57Examples: Phishing
- 5:50Techniques : Phishing
- 6:42Statistics : Vishing
- 8:21Types of Social Engineer
- 9:19Why Social Engineering?
- 9:52Common Attacks
- 10:21Kevin Mitnick
- 11:33Frank Abagnale
- 12:24Charles Ponzi
- 13:10Social Engineering Techniques
- 13:35Information Gathering
- 24:08Questioning Techniques
- 26:28Pretexting vs Elicitation
- 28:39Manipulation - Fear
- 29:27Manipulation - Guilt
- 30:19Manipulation - Foot in the Door
- 31:33Personal Mitigation Techniques
- 39:39Corporate Mitigation Techniques
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