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Unmasking the social engineer : the human element of security / Christopher Hadnagy, Dr. Paul Ekman ; technical editor, Paul Kelly.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Indianapolis, Indiana : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014]Copyright date: A2014Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 224 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118608654
  • 9781118899564
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Unmasking the social engineerDDC classification:
  • 005.8 23
LOC classification:
  • HM668 .H36 2014
Online resources: Summary: This book focuses on combining the science of understanding non-verbal communications with the knowledge of how social engineers, scam artists and con men use these skills to build feelings of trust and rapport in their targets. The author helps readers understand how to identify and detect social engineers and scammers by analyzing their non-verbal behavior. This resource shows how attacks work, explains nonverbal communications, and demonstrates with visuals the connection of non-verbal behavior to social engineering and scamming. It clearly combines both the practical and technical aspects of social engineering security; reveals the various dirty tricks that scammers use; and pinpoints what to look for on the nonverbal side to detect the social engineer. -- Edited summary from book.
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This book focuses on combining the science of understanding non-verbal communications with the knowledge of how social engineers, scam artists and con men use these skills to build feelings of trust and rapport in their targets. The author helps readers understand how to identify and detect social engineers and scammers by analyzing their non-verbal behavior. This resource shows how attacks work, explains nonverbal communications, and demonstrates with visuals the connection of non-verbal behavior to social engineering and scamming. It clearly combines both the practical and technical aspects of social engineering security; reveals the various dirty tricks that scammers use; and pinpoints what to look for on the nonverbal side to detect the social engineer. -- Edited summary from book.

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