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Almost everywhere nowadays the "mythical power" of Social Engineering is a prominent topic in discussions and often uttered in awe.
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Could it be, it is just a vague concept, cherry picking successful exploitation of people just like snake oil?
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Cherry picking successful exploitation of people. Perhaps just like snake oil?  
  
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If you heard about Social Engineering, let's collect material and questions for an exploration and produce f.E a cheat sheet: "what we know" and "what we don't know" about Social Engineering.
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Let's collect material and questions for an exploration and produce results like a cheat sheet: "what we know" and "what we don't know"
 
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Many projects have "Frequently Asked Questions" documents or pages. However, the point of such a document is not the questions. ''The point of a document like this are the '''answers'''''. The document contains the answers that people would otherwise find themselves giving over and over again. The idea is that rather than laboriously compose and post the same answers repeatedly, people can refer to this page with pre-prepared answers. Use this space to communicate your projects 'Frequent Answers.'
 
Many projects have "Frequently Asked Questions" documents or pages. However, the point of such a document is not the questions. ''The point of a document like this are the '''answers'''''. The document contains the answers that people would otherwise find themselves giving over and over again. The idea is that rather than laboriously compose and post the same answers repeatedly, people can refer to this page with pre-prepared answers. Use this space to communicate your projects 'Frequent Answers.'
 
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* Yet another Social Engineering site?
 
* Yet another Social Engineering site?
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Yes and no - Yes, the title of the project references to Social Engineering as it is a more popular term.
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* Okay, what is that precise?
 
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Scientists openly publish their results, that we can use to point out to and connect the dots about "what we know" and "what we don't know".
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* Social Engineering - "Social Engineering"  as a term refers for the purpose as a OWASP Documentation Project at malicious people tricking other people for personal gains.
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** This narrow definition enables us to work on methods, while avoiding absolutely necessary ethical discussions, would we use the term in a broader sense.
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And, as this is an inclusive project, we thank all those undeceiving researchers and hackers laying the groundwork for this.
 
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The OWASP SE - Social Engineering Project is a documentation project. It aims to connect researchers and practitioners about countermeasures against harmful and manipulative behaviour for those affected.
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Web applications like social media etc. are one of the most important tool as well as targets harming users.
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Discussing, evaluating and providing easy to use methods and sound context. Most everyone will be able to share thoughts and experiences about maliciously intended Social Engineering.
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Latest revision as of 14:34, 19 July 2019

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The OWASP SE - Social Engineering Project

This project has the purpose of documenting "Social Engineering" with open accessible and valid data about relevant topics and related questions.

Some of these questions are:

  • What is Social Engineering?
  • Is it malicious manipulation of people?
  • Is it influencing people in everyday circumstances?
  • What about ethics, are there any?


As a platform under OWASP we are free and independent, connecting to researchers and discussing valid data.

Let's start to document the unexplored areas of "people and security" (hic sunt dragones) on the world map of security research with knowledge and affiliated areas.

Description

Almost everywhere nowadays, the almost "mythical power" of Social Engineering is a prominent topic in discussions and often uttered in awe.

Could it be, that it is just a vague concept on purpose? Cherry picking successful exploitation of people. Perhaps just like snake oil?

Also interesting, is it becoming a type of brand?

Let's collect material and questions for an exploration and produce results like a cheat sheet: "what we know" and "what we don't know"

Licensing

  • We ourselves take care not to infringe any copyrights, so you can enjoy open accessible information.
  • All this is supposed to support you, in the spirit of the initial "O" for Open in OWASP.

What is the OWASP SE - Social Engineering Project?

Basically a platform connecting and collecting researchers and data to shed light upon hearsay about Social Engineering or manipulation of people.

As a dedicated team of volunteers, we (yes your are invited) might be able to produce a knowledge base and references for interested people.

Presentation

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Project Leader


Related Projects

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News and Events

In Print

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Classifications

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