Controlled Hacking. The Bible of Social Engineering

The book discusses the methods of social engineering used by modern cybercriminals and ways to protect against it — both organizational and technical. It provides 130 practical examples of attacks, examples of phishing emails, and reveals the psychological techniques and tricks used by fraudsters to deceive users, along with a detailed examination of the software tools used by the perpetrators. Various attack vectors are described: via email, in messengers, in social networks, and in real life. A methodology for creating 10,000 scenarios for training attacks is proposed, along with a step-by-step guide for their execution from the preparation stage to report compilation, with special attention paid to the use of modern artificial intelligence technologies in social engineering and phishing. The third edition updates the information on social engineering techniques employed by modern criminals.