# giuliacassara/awesome-social-engineering

A curated list of awesome social engineering resources.

Repository: https://github.com/giuliacassara/awesome-social-engineering
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-social-engineering
License Family: other
Topics: social-engineering, awesome-list, infosec, psychology, osint
Last push: 2023-04-05T10:31:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3400, "days_push": 1246, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4244, forks 501 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:40.357223+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of social engineering resources including online courses, books, CTF events, tools, and OSINT links. It is aimed at cybersecurity professionals, penetration testers, and learners studying human-factor security in controlled environments.

## Use cases
- find resources to learn social engineering
- books about persuasion and psychology for security testers
- osint tools and references for reconnaissance
- social engineering capture the flag events
- training material for phishing awareness and red teams

## When to choose
- you want a single curated index of social engineering learning material
- you are a pentester or security student gathering human-factor security resources
- you need OSINT and psychology reading lists

## When to avoid
- you need an actual tool or software rather than a link list
- you want hands-on labs or a structured course rather than references
- you expect frequent updates or official support

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: osint, penetration-testing, security, documentation
- domain: security, penetration-testing, osint, education, awesome-lists
- platform: -
- tags: social-engineering, curated-list, psychology, infosec, phishing-resources, web-server

## Member repositories
- giuliacassara/awesome-social-engineering (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.357223+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:22:13.309072+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/giuliacassara/awesome-social-engineering (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.357223+00:00, sha a85f269287e0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.