The Social Engineer's Playbook is a practical guide to pretexting and a collection of social engineering pretexts for Hackers, Social Engineers and Security Analysts. Build effective social engineering plans using the techniques, tools and expert guidance in this book. Learn valuable elicitation techniques, such as: Bracketing, Artificial Ignorance, Flattery, Sounding Board and others.This book covers an introduction to tools, such as: Maltego, Social Engineer Toolkit, Dradis, Metasploit and Kali Linux among others. Crucial to any social engineering test is the information used to build it. Discover the most valuable sources of intel and how to put them to use.
Author(s): Jeremiah Talamantes
Publisher: Hexcode Publishing
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 159
Tags: Social Engineering, Hackers, Security Analysts
Contents......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 12
TARGET AUDIENCE......Page 13
WHAT THIS BOOK COVERS......Page 14
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 15
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY / DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY......Page 16
OVERVIEW......Page 17
HISTORY......Page 19
TYPES OF SOCIAL ENGINEERING......Page 20
Email (Phishing/Spear phishing)......Page 21
Telephone (Vishing)......Page 22
Pretexting......Page 23
INFLUENCING TECHNIQUES......Page 25
RECIPROCITY......Page 26
AUTHORITY......Page 27
SCARCITY......Page 28
LlKABILITY......Page 29
CONCESSION......Page 31
OBLIGATION......Page 32
ELICITATION......Page 34
FLATTERY......Page 35
FALSE STATEMENTS......Page 36
ARTIFICIAL IGNORANCE......Page 37
THE SOUNDING BOARD......Page 38
BRACKETING......Page 39
CONFIDENTIAL BAITING......Page 40
PRETEXTING......Page 43
RESEARCH & PLANNING......Page 46
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 50
Positioning......Page 51
Emulating......Page 53
Anchoring......Page 54
INFORMATION GATHERING......Page 57
Overview......Page 58
Dradis Framework......Page 59
KeepNote......Page 60
Online......Page 62
Surveillance......Page 73
COMPUTER BASED TOOLS......Page 84
Kali Linux......Page 85
Social Engineering Toolkit (SET)......Page 87
Metasploit Framework......Page 92
Maltego......Page 94
PHYSICAL TOOLS......Page 96
Cameras......Page 97
GPS......Page 105
Clothing......Page 107
Lock Picking......Page 108
Miscellaneous Tools......Page 109
THE PLAYBOOK......Page 113
LEGAL & WARRANTY DlSCLAIMER......Page 114
Security Bulletin!......Page 115
Bank Security Email Alert......Page 118
IRS Audit Notice......Page 121
Get Your Updates Here......Page 123
Company Re-Org......Page 126
The Forgetful User......Page 129
Sleight of Hand......Page 132
Financial Foray......Page 136
Attack of the Phones......Page 140
Car Tow......Page 143
Oldie but A Goody......Page 146
Blazing Fast Interwebs......Page 148
Save Big Money!......Page 150
Recalling All Cars!......Page 152
Bank Security Software......Page 155
RESOURCES......Page 159
