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The Art and Science of Social Engineering

Why Social Engineering Works … Infograph by Veracode

I came across this great infograph from Veracode today on “Why Social Engineering Works”. Wish I had the time and the skill to put these infographs together, but here you go. (Its a relatively large file so please b...

by Dale Pearson

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Just Called To Say … Spoofed Your Caller ID

The aim of this post is to share tools for Social Engineers to include vishing in you engagements, and to make the rest of the world aware of just how simple and easy it is to Spoof someones Caller ID, so you can increase your ...

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Whats my motivation darling? … The Pretext

There are many essential skills required to be successful at social engineering, and one we have mentioned before but never really gone into is Pretexting. The easiest way I find to describe a pretext is to consider the motivat...

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Mentalism…. Psychic or Straight Jacket

Mentalism. I am sure you will have heard the term mentalism, or someone telling you they are a mentalist, and I am sure you probably agreed. Thought they are a nut case, and should be put into a straight jacket and wheeled off ...

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Social Compliance and Manipulation… The Art of Confidence

As human beings we are very good at making excuses, and always believing that some how we have it worse than the other guy. There is often that mentality that, its not we don’t want to do this or that, its just that ̷...

by Dale Pearson

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