Social engineering : how crowdmasters, phreaks, hackers, and trolls created a new form of manipulative communication /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gehl, Robert W., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
Description:	xi, 328 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Social media -- Security measures. Computer networks -- Security measures. Internet fraud. Social engineering. Computer networks -- Security measures. Internet fraud. Social engineering.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12734222

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Other authors / contributors:	Lawson, Sean T., 1977- author.
ISBN:	9780262543453 0262543451
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"From the phone phreaks of the 1970s to Anonymous, how how hackers deploy persuasion, helpfulness, manipulation, and deception to gain access to sensitive information"--

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Emergence of Masspersonal Social Engineering
I. Engineering the Social
1. Crowdmasters: The Rise and Fall of Mass Social Engineering, 1920-1976
2. Phreaks and Hackers: The Rise of Interpersonal Social Engineering, 1976-Present
II. The Social Engineering Process
3. Trashing: From Dumpster Diving to Data Dumps
4. Pretexting: Recognizing the Mitnick Mythology
5. Bullshitting: Deception, Friendliness, and Accuracy
6. Penetrating: The Desire to Control Media and Minds
III. Masspersonal Social Engineering
7. Contemporary Masspersonal Social Engineering
8. Conclusion: Ameliorating Masspersonal Social Engineering
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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