ICS0018 Library

Kaido's recommendations

Books

• ANDRESS, Jason. The Basics of Information Security: Understanding the Fundamentals of InfoSec in Theory and Practice. Syngress 2011
• CONTOS, Brian T. Enemy at the Water Cooler: Real-Life Stories of Insider Threats and Enterprise Security Management Countermeasures. Syngress 2006
• GRAGIDO, Will, PIRC, John. Cybercrime and Espionage: An Analysis of Subversive Multi-Vector Threats. Syngress 2011
• GRAGIDO, Will et al. Blackhatonomics: An Inside Look at the Economics of Cybercrime. Syngress 2013
• HADNAGY, Christopher. Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking. Wiley Publishing 2011
• HADNAGY, Christopher. Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking. Wiley Publishing 2018 (note: it is essentially an updated edition of the former)
• HADNAGY, Christopher, SCHULMAN, Seth. Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People, and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You. Harper Business 2021
• LONG, Johnny. No Tech Hacking: A Guide to Social Engineering, Dumpster Diving and Shoulder Surfing. Syngress 2008
• LONG, Johnny et al. Google Hacking for Penetration Testers. Third Edition. Syngress 2016
• MCCARTY, Ben. Cyberjutsu: Cybersecurity for the Modern Ninja. No Starch Press 2021
• MITNICK, Kevin D., SIMON, William L. The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security. Wiley Publishing 2003
• MITNICK, Kevin D., SIMON, William L. The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders & Deceivers. Wiley Publishing 2005
• NISSEN, Thomas Elkjer. The Weaponization of Social Media: Characteristics of Contemporary Conflicts. Royal Danish Defence College 2015 (also available online at https://www.stratcomcoe.org/thomasnissen-weaponization-social-media)

Online materials

• social-engineer.org - a large collection of materials from Christopher Hadnagy and his team; especially check out the SEORG Book List.

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