As time goes by, and defenses get stronger, attackers are responding by upping their game as well. Techniques and tactics that defenders must contend with keep escalading, becoming more difficult to content with and track. With that in mind, social engineering is the easiest and quickest way into companies. We have analyzed some of the ways that social engineers manipulate their targets and then interviewed some of the top minds in the world on the subjects of conmen, persuasion, body language and microexpressions. Blending the research of the great minds in these sciences like Dr. Ekman, Joe Navaro and more with the work of scientist in Northern University we have created a new area of research – Nonverbal Human Hacking. Nonverbal Human Hacking is learning about how the nonverbal communications YOU PORTRAY can influence your targets. It is a mixture of the principles of persuasion, Body language and Microexpressions used to manipulate targets into an emotional state that allows for control.
This speech delves into understanding this avenue that social engineers use so 1) we can identify and protect and 2) as security enthusiast we can utilize these skills in our pentests and audits.