Hacking Humans: Social Engineering Techniques
summary
Claims that Social engineering causes most breaches with concrete stats: phishing is ~77% of social attacks, clicking links ~88%, phone fraud hit 2.4M US customers and losses average ~$42.5k. Demonstrates OSINT techniques (dumpster diving, LinkedIn, shoulder surfing), hardware baiting (USB), and a four-step exploit flow: pre-texting, elicitation, then manipulation via fear and relief, foot‑in‑the‑door and blackmail. Shows corporate fixes that actually work: ID visitors, shred documents, disable or encrypt USB drives, patch systems and train junior staff.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 2:343 Methodologies
- 2:53Statistics : Phishing
- 6:03Statistics : Vishing
- 8:34Statistics : Impersonation
- 9:45Types of Social Engineer
- 12:04Common Attacks
- 12:58Information Gathering
- 24:27Questioning Techniques
- 26:31Pretexting vs Elicitation
- 28:13Manipulation - Fear
- 29:14Manipulation - Foot in the Door
- 30:31Personal Mitigation Techniques
- 36:40Corporate Mitigation Techniques
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