social engineering

How do you know if someone’s running game on you by way of social engineering? This is...

Whether you’re navigating a dangerous city, infiltrating a hostile network, or just trying to hold your own...

Getting people to spill valuable intel without them even realizing it? That’s an art form. Skilled operatives...

In the field of covert operations, understanding human behavior is key to influencing targets, and one of...

Turning criminals into informants and reliable assets is an essential skill of tradecraft. This is a guide...

In covert operations, business and everyday normal life, an adversary’s vanity can be a potent weapon to...

In the space of cybersecurity, White Hat and Black Hat hackers represent the digital equivalents of defense...

Exploring the art of psychological anchoring on how operatives can subtly influence decisions and behaviors of people,...

This intel reveals the psychological tradecraft techniques of influence and persuasion used by CIA officers, offering insights...

Harnessing storytelling to empower covert operatives to sway perceptions, forge connections, solidify infiltrations, enhance deceptions and close...

The ability to discern truth from falsehood is a critical skill, and this guide aims to equip...

The tradecraft guide for operatives in comprehending, detecting, and manipulating restraint bias for strategic purposes. Restraint Bias,...

A tradecraft method of persuasion initially honed in the domains of sales and negotiation. This technique, suitably...

Infiltration is the tradecraft art of gaining access or acceptance to an enemy’s inner circle, group, territory,...