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The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security Paperback – October 17, 2003

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Beim Schutz von Unternehmenswerten geht die größte Gefahr von den Mitarbeitern des Unternehmens selbst aus.

Obwohl die meisten Unternehmen die neuesten Sicherheitssysteme installieren, ignorieren sie doch meist die Gefahr aus den eigenen Reihen.

"The Art of Deception" ist das erste Buch, das sich ausschließlich auf "Social Engineering", d.h., den menschlichen Faktor im Rahmen der Sicherheit konzentriert. Hierbei geht es darum, durch Ausnutzen menschlicher Schwächen, jene Informationen (z.B. Passwörter) zu erhalten, die Unbefugten den Zugang zu (sensiblen) Systemen und Daten erleichtern.

Autor Kevin Mitnick vermittelt hier seine Insidererfahrungen und erläutert die Techniken, mit deren Hilfe sich auch die stärksten Sicherheitsbarrieren überwinden lassen.

Mitnick ist einer der angesehensten Experten auf dem Gebiet des Sicherheitsbetrugs. Er ist bei Hackern ebenso bekannt wie bei Sicherheitsprofis.

Coautor William Simon ist ein Bestsellerautor, der bereits über 20 Bücher veröffentlicht hat; er wurde u.a. mit dem Global Business Book Award ausgezeichnet.

"The Art of Deception" - die ultimative Lektüre im Zeitalter des Cyberterrorismus.
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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 076454280X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764542800
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TheWildBoy
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating book
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2021
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I bought this book in 2008, and read it after I got it. I was in love with cyber-security and social engineering was the theme those days. I never reviewed the book back then but I reread this book again yesterday and it hit me that Kevin's ideas are some of the most profound ideas when it comes to human behavior.

Our tendency to be helpful.
Our tendency to let someone new come into our lives
Etc,..

I will be honest, after spending 13 years in financial and marketing industry and reading 1000s of books and having 1000s of experiences I promise if someone wants to set me up they probably can.

It's really hard to get away from a good setup.

One thing that helped me all these years is that at the end of the day I ask myself two questions. This is a routine I do every day and been doing it for almost 10 years now.

1. Did I try to help a stranger or someone I know today? If yes, then what was the context.
2. Did someone came in my life trying to do good things for me out of blue? (This can be a friend that randomly texts you on FB or emails you after ages.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Speaks volumes on social engineering/makes you think!
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2002
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After reading it, the book makes one more aware of what to be careful when giving out information of any kind and how to protect yourself and your company's assets. I've heard alot of "Don't ever give out your id/password", "Always have firewalls on your network." One hardly ever hears about 'make sure you're giving information to someone who's supposed to have it'. There's tons of books on security with respect to technology but this is the first one I've seen that actually focuses on the weakest link when it comes to security - the human element.
All the firewalls and software can't prevent a social engineer from getting in if he/she knows justs how to act and/or what to say to get what they want. Reading the scenarios really opened my eyes. Theres a scenario where a social engineer pretended to be a manager of a video store. After enough talking to another employee at another branch, the social engineer was able to get enough information to obtain the credit card # of someone who owed money to the client the social engineer was hired by.
In reading the scenarios, I'd seen examples where I'd asked for the type of information described for perfectly legitimate reasons. I'd never imagined how someone could take just 1 or 2 pieces of information and create chaos for a person or a company. If you're in the IT industry, or work in any kind of customer service, you really need to pick up this book. This book doesn't bash people for being as helpful as they can be (team player, etc). He's just saying to be more aware of what's going on and when giving out any kind of information, being a little cautious doesn't hurt. As humans, we're not perfect to begin with, but a little awareness will make it just a little harder for that social engineer to get what they want.
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William H. Folk II
5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone should read this book...
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2010
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Simply amazing! I need to read this book again. Not only that I need my entire audit department to read this and realize how open we are to fraud.
The techniques that the author points out on how easy it is to simply ask for information and get it was just too much to pass up. I've tied it within my own audit department to see just how susceptible we are...I still can't believe how open people were to provide me information not knowing who I was.
Everyone should read this book...there are parts that are a little too much for some people but the scenarios that he walks you through are so thorough that you'd swear you've had that conversation before.
'Social Engineering' made simple...maybe that should be the name of this book. I will have to admit that I'm more paranoid than I have ever been before but I guess that is a good trait to have in an auditor.
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David M. Giltinan
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting overview of the human aspects of computer security, with helpful tips on prevention.
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2008
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Kevin Mitnick, probably the most famous (and controversial) computer hacker of the 1990's, has spent several years of his life on the run, as well as a few years in jail. For years after leaving prison he was forbidden to log on to a computer, a prohibition he appealed successfully. He now runs a computer security business, lectures to large corporations, and has co-authored two books on computer network security.

This book focuses on the human element of computer security. Reminding us that even the most sophisticated high-tech security systems can be rendered worthless if the people running them are not sufficiently vigilant, Mitnick goes on to point out the myriad ways in which human carelessness can contribute to security breaches. An experienced con artist who is well-versed in social engineering techniques can often do far more damage by manipulating people to provide information they shouldn't than by relying on technologically sophisticated hacking methods.

The book is interesting for the most part, though it would have benefited from a 25% reduction in length, and there are some annoying stylistic tics. Throughout the first 14 chapters, each of which reviews a particular type of `con' used by hackers/social engineers to breach computer security, the chapter setup follows the same schema:
(i) an anecdote or vignette, involving fictitious characters but based on actual events, which lays out the deception as it unfolds, following it through to the successful breach (ii) analysis of the `con', focusing specifically on the mistakes or behaviors (at the individual and at the organizational level) which allowed it to succeed (iii) discussion of the changes that would be needed to stop the con from succeeding (e.g. behavior of individual employees, corporate policies and procedures, computer software and hardware). This is actually a pretty decent way to make the points Mitnick wants to get across - starting out with a concrete example of how things go wrong gets attention and motivates the reader to read on to figure out the solution.

One feature of the book which was meant to be helpful started to annoy me by about the third chapter. Interspersed throughout each chapter, the authors insert highlighted textboxes of two types: `lingo' - repeating the definition of a concept already adequately defined in the text, or `mitnick messages' - which seemed superfluous, and a little condescending, as they generally repeated what was already obvious. In general, this is not a book you will read for the delights of its prose style (after successfully gaining access to a cache of hidden documents, one hacker is described as spending his evening gleefully "pouring over" the documents); however, the prose is serviceable, managing to avoid lapses into the dreaded corpspeak, for the most part.

For some readers, the most useful part of the book may be its final two chapters. Here the authors lay out, in considerable detail, outlines for recommended corporate information security policies, and an associated training program on information security awareness. Though I am no expert in these areas, the outlines strike me as being commendably thorough - complete enough that they could be fleshed out without too much difficulty to generate a comprehensive set of policies and procedures.

Despite some redundancy, and occasional infelicities of style, this book seemed to me to be interesting, and likely to be practically useful.
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R.T.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente livro, super recomendo!
Reviewed in Brazil on August 25, 2023
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Excelente livro, super recomendo, principalmente se você trabalha na área de segurança da informação!
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Aky
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
Reviewed in Italy on July 15, 2023
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I didn't read fully but it's just amazing. It got me hooked up.
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Francesco
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente libro
Reviewed in Mexico on April 25, 2018
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Es un libro consiso, facil de entender y escrito por una de las figuras mas importantes de la seguridad de la informacion. Solo me falta el capitulo final, pero ya queria opinar acerca de este libro. Del primer al penultimo capitulo es completamente entendible, dando definiciones claves para los no familiarizados con el tema de la informatica.
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kamatataima
5.0 out of 5 stars very interesting
Reviewed in Germany on March 21, 2019
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Sergio
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente libro. 100% recomendado.
Reviewed in Spain on March 24, 2018
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En este libro aprenderás algunas técnicas interesantes de hacking e ingeniería social. Totalmente recomendable, una lectura interesante y muy ilustrativa. El libro está en inglés.
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