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Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking
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Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking

by Christopher Hadnagy
December 2010
Beginner
404 pages
11h 8m
English
Wiley
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4.4. Summary

In addition to extensively covering pretexting and providing real-world examples of pretexting in action, this chapter also continually brushed up against the psychological principles that affect different aspects of pretexting. The logical next stop on the framework covers just that—the mental skills that professional social engineers use that make them seem like mind control masters and that give each social engineer a huge leg up in success.

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