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Learn Kali Linux 2019
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Learn Kali Linux 2019

by Joshua Crumbaugh, Glen D. Singh
November 2019
Beginner
550 pages
13h 14m
English
Packt Publishing
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Social engineering penetration testing

Social engineering penetration testing, in my opinion, is the most adrenaline-filled type of testing. Social engineering is the art of manipulating basic human psychology to find human vulnerabilities and get people to do things they may not otherwise do. During this form of penetration testing, you may be asked to do activities such as sending phishing emails, make vishing phone calls, or talk your way into secure facilities to determine what an attacker targeting their personnel could achieve. I have personally obtained domain admin access over the phone, talked my way into bank vaults and casino money cages, and talked my way into a Fortune 500 data center.

There are many types of social engineering ...

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