Professor Kim Seok-su of Hannam University Selected for 'Outstanding Academic Book'

Professor Kim Seok-su. Courtesy of Hannam University

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Hannam University announced on the 17th that the book "Social Engineering Techniques that Manipulate Human Psychology" by Professor Kim Seok-su (photo) of the Department of Media and Visual Studies at the university was selected as a "2020 Excellent Academic Book" by the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea.

In his book, Professor Kim explains "human hacking" using social engineering techniques and presents countermeasures and preventive methods related to human hacking.

Social engineering techniques are methods that use skillful schemes to induce specific behaviors in certain aspects of life, different from engineering hacking, as they utilize human emotions. The hacking technique applying social engineering technology is called "human hacking."

Professor Kim said, "Nowadays, infinite personal information is digitized and cases of attacks exchanged through this medium are increasing," adding, "If one understands the mindset of malicious social engineers, how scanners respond to information, and how fraudsters plan their schemes, it will be much easier to respond to and prevent attacks."

Meanwhile, the excellent academic book contest received 3,284 domestic academic books published by 381 publishing companies, of which 271 were selected as excellent academic books. The excellent academic books by field are classified as 66 in humanities, 96 in social sciences, 36 in Korean studies, and 73 in natural sciences.

Professor Kim's book was listed among the excellent academic books in the natural sciences category.

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