Title: [Article]-InfoSec Career Hacking: Ch 2 - Social Engineering For Profit
Post by: don on January 23, 2006, 05:32:24 PM

Book Review and Sample Chapter - "InfoSec Career Hacking" By Aaron W. Bayles, Chris Hurley, Johnny Long, Ed Brindley, James C. Foster, Christopher W. Klaus

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Title: Re: [Article]-InfoSec Career Hacking: Ch 2 - Social Engineering For Profit
Post by: BillV on March 23, 2007, 09:58:19 PM

I'm curious... has anyone bought/read any of this book (other than the sample chapter)? I noticed it a while ago and didn't bother picking it up. I looked it up online and some of the reviews (I think on Amazon) weren't that great. Anyone that's read it have any opinions?

Title: Re: [Article]-InfoSec Career Hacking: Ch 2 - Social Engineering For Profit
Post by: ChrisG on March 23, 2007, 10:50:25 PM

i glanced at it but didnt pick it up.

Title: Re: [Article]-InfoSec Career Hacking: Ch 2 - Social Engineering For Profit
Post by: BillV on March 23, 2007, 11:01:08 PM

Quote from: ChrisG on March 23, 2007, 10:50:25 PM

i glanced at it but didnt pick it up.

Guess we're about in the same boat then... I have a feeling it's probably going to stay that way too ;)

Title: Re: [Article]-InfoSec Career Hacking: Ch 2 - Social Engineering For Profit
Post by: Chuck on April 21, 2007, 12:43:45 AM

It is amazing as much time as people put into writing these books. You would think that they would spend a little bit of time on how the book looks. I understand that if the book is great it will get read, eventually, but waste time. If people would invest a little time in the cover of the book then they would be able to sell more books much easier. This book just looks boring and drab.

Title: Re: [Article]-InfoSec Career Hacking: Ch 2 - Social Engineering For Profit
Post by: ChrisG on April 21, 2007, 04:51:09 AM

that whole series of books looks like that

Title: Re: [Article]-InfoSec Career Hacking: Ch 2 - Social Engineering For Profit
Post by: BillV on April 21, 2007, 08:43:03 PM

I very rarely pay any attention to how the book looks... mostly because they're turned to the side at the store ;)

I do follow somewhat of a routine (unless looking for a specific book). I'll usually notice the title and then will check 1 or 2 things right away. First, the copyright date to determine if it's recent enough that the material will still be relevant. If that's good, then I check the TOC. So long as both meet my expectations I'll flip through some of it to get an idea of how the info is presented. If I like it, I buy it :)

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