The Social Engineer

Human Beings: The most easily exploitable aspect of security

Tools / Resources

Books to check out:

  • Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking by Chris Hadnagy
  • Unmasking the Social Engineer by Chris Hadnagy
  • Phishing Dark Waters: The Offensive and Defensive Sides of Malicious Emails by Chris Hadnagy
  • It’s Not All About “Me”: The Top Ten Techniques for Building Quick Rapport with Anyone by Robin Dreeke
  • The Code of Trust by Robin Dreeke
  • What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed Reading PeopleĀ by Joe Navarro
  • Three Minutes to Doomsday: An Agent, A Traitor, and The Worst Espionage Breach in U.S. History by Joe Navarro
  • Louder Than Words by Joe Navarro
  • Open Source Intelligence Techniques by Michael Bazzell
  • How to Make People Like You in 90 seconds by Nicholas Boothman

Courses to check out:

  • Advanced Practical Social Engineering Training via Social-Engineer.com
  • Masters Level Social Engineering Training via Social-Engineer.com
  • Advanced OSINT for Social Engineers via Social-Engineer.com

Certifications to check out:

  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) via EC-Council
  • Social Engineer Pentest Professional (SEPP) via Social-Engineer.com
  • Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) via Offensive Security
  • Certified Penetration Tester (CPT) via IACRB
  • Security + via CompTIA
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) via ISACA