Descend into the heart of darkness with Mrs. Y as she explores the topic of social engineering with Chris Hadnagy, noted expert, podcast host and author of Social Engineering: the Art of Human Hacking.
You’ll learn fun facts like:
- The difference between persuasion and manipulation.
- Subtle ways to influence people.
- The secrets of facial expressions, paralinguistic cues and body language.
- What social engineers can learn from actors.
- How Greg Ferro is like a Koala bear.
Joining the Packetpushers on their journey investigating the hidden secrets of the mind:
- Taylor Banks, Pentester, security entrepreneur and show favorite.
- Ron Reck, Linguist and specialist in “big data” analytics.
Show Notes:
Definition and Techniques of Social Engineering
How To Break a Terrorist by Matthew Alexander
It’s Not All About Me by Robin Dreeke
The Social Engineer Toolkit (SET) with a great tutorial
Paul Ekman‘s book Telling Lies
Derbycon 2012 presentation by Chris Hadnagy, Nonverbal Human Hacking
Links to other prominent social engineers; Kevin Mitnick, Dave Kennedy (author of SET), Chris Nickerson, Chris Silvers
A Challenge For the Actor by Uta Hagen
Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are
Determining the Impact of Eric Clapton on Music Using RDF Graphs
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