Social Engineering

Social Engineering is a way to exploit people before systems. And since people are considered the weakest link in the security chain, the bulk majority of successful hacking incidents against not only businesses, but also governments, are done using social engineering strategies. This course covers the basic psychology behind social engineering along with the tactics, techniques, and tricks employed for a successful social engineering attack. The student will learn how to develop their own custom Trojan that evades Antivirus, and how to hide it inside a Microsoft Word document which will be sent through phishing emails. Moreover, students will learn how to track and measure the improvement of user’s security awareness by applying those social engineering strategies. The student will get chance to work with sophistical social engineering tools.