awesome-social-engineering
by giuliacassara
A comprehensive, curated list of resources and tools for learning and practicing social engineering techniques.
A curated list of awesome social engineering resources.
Primary Use Case
This repository serves as a central hub for cybersecurity professionals, penetration testers, and students interested in social engineering. It provides a structured collection of learning materials, practical exercises, and tools to understand and apply social engineering methodologies in a controlled, educational setting.
- Curated list of social engineering resources
- Includes online courses and educational materials
- Features Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges
- Lists relevant psychology and social engineering books
- Provides links to various tools for social engineering and OSINT
- Organized by category for easy navigation
- Leverage this repository to design realistic social engineering red team exercises that improve organizational resilience.
- Incorporate curated OSINT tools and psychology resources to enhance blue team detection capabilities of social engineering attempts.
- Use the educational content to build role-based training programs aligned with CIS Control 7 for continuous staff awareness.
- Combine social engineering CTF challenges with purple team scenarios to validate detection and response workflows.
- Integrate social engineering knowledge with technical controls to create holistic defense strategies against human-targeted attacks.
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