Cyberwarfare: Information Operations in a Connected World, 2nd Edition

Tools of the Social Engineer

In the previous section, you learned about the weapons of influence that social engineers use to influence the thoughts and actions of their targets. In this section, you will discover the tools and techniques that social engineers wield to exploit these influence principles. These are the actual tactics they engage in to wage cyberwarfare against unsuspecting human targets.

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The tactics used by social engineers aren’t that much different from those used by swindlers and grifters throughout history. They’ve become much more effective, however, with the massive communications power of modern networks.

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