Social Engineering and Digital Defense

Information & Links

Links from the book, organized by chapter.

Chapter 1

• https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2021_IC3Report.pdf
• https://www.fcc.gov/covid-scams
• https://phishingquiz.withgoogle.com

Chapter 2

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security)
• https://www.cybertalk.org/pharming-vs-phishing/

Chapter 3

• https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/
• https://www.cisa.gov/insider-threat-trailer-and-video
• https://www.recordedfuture.com/open-source-intelligence-definition

Chapter 4

• https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-scams-and-crimes/romance-scams
• https://www.factcheck.org

Chapter 5

• https://privacybadger.org/
• https://noscript.net/
• https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Clickjacking
• https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss/

Chapter 6

• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload
• https://www.urlvoid.com/
• https://haveibeenpwned.com/
• https://justdeleteme.xyz/
• https://justgetmydata.com/
• https://www.usa.gov/identity-theft

Chapter 7

• https://millionkids.org
• https://iknowwhereyourcatlives.com/about/

Chapter 8

• https://www.cyberseek.org/heatmap.html
• https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2021_IC3Report.pdf
• https://chat.openai.com/chat

Glossary

Phishing

An email designed to trick you into opening a link or performing an action.

Smishing

Social engineering through text messaging.

Vishing

A social-engineering attack using a voice call.

Ransomware

Software that prevents computer systems from working until a ransom demand is made.

Social Engineering

Manipulating a person using things in their environment.

OSINT

Gathering information and data that is publicly available.

VPN

A Virtual Private Network establishes a protected network connection and encrypts internet traffic.

2FA

Two-factor authentication uses an additional personal-device check to verify access.

OTP

A one-time password that can only be used once.