Prof. Dr. Debora Weber-Wulff: Social Engineering

Fotopedia, cc-by-nc, Andrea Kirkby, 2008

HTW Berlin
Fachbereich 4
Cyber-Security & Business
Social Engineering
Winter Term 2025/26

Tentative Schedule

My schedules are always tentative and subject to change. If you have topics you would like to see addressed, please contact me at your earliest convenience.

Week	Class Meeting
	Tuesdays 8:00–9:30 TGS 1 a/b 402		Tuesdays 9:45–11:15 TGS 1 a/b 427	Materials that might be useful for addressing the topics before class
41	07. 10.	Session 1 Introduction Ethics & Law	Lab 1 / Group 1: Ethics	Gewissensbits goes English Wikipedia: Hacker Ethic Wikipedia: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
42	10. 10.	Session 2 General Workflow	Lab 1 / Group 2: Ethics
43	17. 10.	Session 3 Scoping	Lab 2 / Group 1: Cyber Breach Research
44	24. 10.	Session 4 Documentation	Lab 2 / Group 2: Cyber Breach Research
45	04. 11.	Session 5 OSINT: Organizations	Lab 3 / Group 1: Scoping and Documentation
46	11. 11.	Session 6 OSINT: People	Lab 3 / Group 2: Scoping and Documentation
47	18. 11.	Session 7 Pretexting	Lab 4 / Group 1: OSINT
48	25. 11.	Session 8 Building Rapport	Lab 4 / Group 2: OSINT
49	02. 12.	Session 9 Hacking Humans: Phishing & Vishing	Lab 5 / Group 1: The Praising Game
50	09. 12.	Session 10 Physical intrusion	Lab 5 / Group 2: The Praising Game	Koch, Nicholas. (2021). Inside Job: Exploiting Alarm Systems and the People Who Monitor Them. 2600 38(1), pp. 29–33
51	16. 12.	Session 11 Metrics	Lab 6 / Group 1: Phishing
52/ 1	23. 12. / 30. 12.	Christmas Break
2	06. 01.	Session 12 Threat Intelligence	Lab 6 / Group 2: Phishing	Linkedin: Cybersecurity Awareness Rankin, Elizabeth. (2021). Trojan Detection and Avoidance. 2600 38(1), pp. 17–19
3	13. 01.	Session 13 Security-Awareness Programs	Lab 7 / Group 1: Threat Analysis
4	20. 01.	Session 14 Guest speaker André Fritsche (HTW alumnus) from the Cybersicherheitsagentur Baden-Württemberg	Lab 7 / Group 2: Threat Analysis
5	27. 01.	Session 15 Anonymity & Privacy	Lab 8 / Group 1: Security Awareness	xcm@tuta.io. (2021). Anonymity, Privacy & Reality. 2600 38(1), p. 6f
6	03. 02.	Session 16 Pentesting AI	Lab 8 / Group 2: Security Awareness	Horsey, Julian. (2025, August 24). AI Attack Blueprint: Are AI Systems Leaving Us Vulnerable? https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/jason-haddix-ai-security-interview/
7	10. 02.	Exam

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