A Guide to Social Engineering Brakis-Lopex. I am not a talented Hacker like Hybrid or The Doh Boy. However I am a good social engineer and have been known to bullshit a few conference IDs and get DC out of the sticky situations that occur when confo administrators decide to poke their noses in where its not wanted. Any way the purpose of these articles is to bring to you some of the deception techniques that have got me through over the years. Deception isn't just useful for getting confo details its also good for getting other stuff (Sex, credit cards and other joyous things). ******* One thing to remember is always to practice. Try and come up with a selection of accents ready to use on the operator's, Randomly dial some 0800 numbers and try and chat up the operator (hey man or woman, if you can pretend to be gay then good luck to you it shows you've got the makings of a 31337 social engineer. Just don't tell your mates). Try and Bullshit the people around you, walk around your town in an Irish or German accent pretending to be a tourist. Believe you are the person you claim to be, this means it is more likely that the person you are trying to con will believe it too. "Tell the lie, enforce the lie, become the lie, make others believe the lie and then the lie will become a truth." Adolph Hitler 1938 Ok maybe not one of the most admirable men in history to quote form but this power hungry dictator did have a good point............ ****** Most of you are probably reading this and thinking, That's all very well but I am shit at lying, well then if that's the case then your probably right but you probably started out as a shit hacker as well didn't you. just deceive you arse off and you'll eventually become good. Da End . Brakis,Brakis or Brakis-Lopex takes no responsibility for incidents occurring due to or because of actions taken by the reader as a result of the information contained within this article or any others written by the Author. The reader alone takes responsibility for his, her or its actions. This information is designed for reading enjoyment only and should not under any circumstances be taken literally. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION ALL NON UK HACKERS AND PHREAKERS IN EUROPE: An alliance has recently been formed between Brakis and Sintax both formerly of Darkcyde. We are setting up a new group that is NOT going to be a hard up "31337" eleet group. It is merely going to be a laid back, easy going information network that is going to be based just on telephony based information gathering. It will mainly be concerned with European telecommunication so those based in the US please don't get in touch. We are looking for a base of no more than 7 members who have an interest in Hacking and Phreaking and have enough knowledge to get by (especially of their own countries phone and computer systems). We already have a stronghold in the U.K. and so are looking to recruit members in countries who are on mainland Europe i.e. Germany, Spain France, Sweden etc. if this sound like you and you live somewhere in Europe (including Russia and the Balkans) then please get in touch at BRAKIS_LOPEX@HOTMAIL.COM Thank you