In his book How to Hack a Human: Cybersecurity for the Mind, security expert Raef Meeuwisse defines social engineering as
...the act of constructing relationships, friendships or other human interactions for the purpose of enticing the recipient to perform an inadvisable action or reveal secret information.
In cybersecurity terms, this means preying on our emotional responses to make us voluntarily compromise our own security.
In this track, we'll learn about social engineering attacks, the standard techniques used in them, and how we can protect ourselves against them.