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Book Review: Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking

EH-Net - Book Review - Social Engineering Science of Human Hacking - Hadnagy SE Village DEF CONIn his new book, “Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking, 2nd Edition,” Chris Hadnagy really hits the mark by providing a great overview of social engineering techniques, explaining how and why they work, and giving the reader plenty of real-world examples to back it all up. The target audience is humans as Chris explains. If you are human, I guarantee you’ll take something away from this book regardless of your personal experience with social engineering.

You may be new to the topic, you might be a veteran, or you may be in an entirely different profession and just have an interest in the topic. Whatever your background or reasons may be for checking out this book, you’ll definitely learn something from reading it. Chris has really done a terrific job with this book, and, in my opinion, he has achieved his stated goal of motivating the reader.


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Overview of “The Science of Human Hacking”

Let me share a few things about this book that are different from the first edition, although admittedly I did not read the first edition in its entirety. Although the title of both books is “Social Engineering”, the subtitle of the first edition of the book is “The Art of Human Hacking,” whereas this second edition is subtitled “The Science of Human Hacking.” So to state the obvious, the first observation is that we’ve moved from an art to a science. This is an interesting topic and discussion in and of itself. Is hacking an art? Or a science? No, really. If you haven’t thought about that before, think about that for just a moment. Mind blown? (Read more...)

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