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Social Engineering

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Jun 15, 2017

Social engineering makes headlines because human behavior is often the weakest link of even well-defended targets. Automated social engineering tools can help reclusive hackers touch these techniques, ...

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Apr 17, 2014

Welcome back, my greenhorn hackers! Although we have focused primarily on technical hacks here, social engineering can sometimes be especially effective. This one requires a bit of technical skill, bu ...

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Sep 18, 2013

Welcome back, my rookie hackers! Many newbie hackers focus upon the technical aspects of hacking and fail to give enough attention to social engineering. In fact, I would say that technical hacks shou ...

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Jun 14, 2013

Welcome back my social engineers/hackarians! Today we'll be looking into a fantastic piece of software, The Social-Engineer Toolkit or just SET for short. SET is designed, Developed and used by severa ...

"Advanced Social Engineering: The Mind Hacks Behind Brainwashing" cover image
Feb 18, 2012

Brainwashing is something that happens to us every day, whether you believe it or not. It doesn't take fancy tools or space-age technology. Even if our country didn't intentionally brainwash people (b ...

"Listen In: Live Social Engineering Phone Calls with Professional Social Engineers (Final Session)" cover image
Feb 17, 2012

We had a blast during last week's social engineering calls. One of our attending social engineers was so clever that she convinced several people on Craigslist that lost items were hers, even if it se ...

"Know Your Rights: How to Escape Unlawful Stops and Police Searches with Social Engineering" cover image
Feb 16, 2012

Law enforcement can make a lot of folks cringe. Too often do we hear on the news, and even experience in our own lives, the unjust way that an unacceptable portion of law enforcement treat the very ci ...

"Xbox LIVE Achievement: How to Earn Free Microsoft Points with Social Engineering" cover image
Feb 14, 2012

Sometimes, paying for the whole Xbox LIVE service might seem like a waste of money. You're constantly experiencing lag, you've got people modding and cheating, kids are being loud and obnoxious over t ...

"Listen In: Live Social Engineering Phone Calls with Professional Social Engineers (Week 2)" cover image
Feb 10, 2012

Last week's social engineering phone calls were a blast. We made some friends, and even some enemies. We scored cheap food for some buddies, made some phone bills disappear, and even got a few people ...

"How to Score Free Game Product Keys with Social Engineering" cover image
Feb 7, 2012

Lost the product key for your game? If you have to reinstall the game and don't have that key anymore, you're out of luck, especially if you didn't "buy" the game. But never be in fear of losing produ ...