The Social Engineer

The Social Engineer is a roomscale VR game in which you take the role of an agent protecting companies from attacks. You investigate businesses, exploit security weaknesses and deceive employees to uncover vulnerabilities before criminals can use them. The game has no weapons or violence, and its missions are based on cases from real social engineering security audits.

Missions

The game includes 13 missions across different settings and difficulty levels, from introductory tasks to more challenging operations. You might infiltrate an advertising agency meeting while posing as a businessman, take a laptop from a police station disguised as a police officer, persuade a dock worker to operate a crane without being noticed, or pose as a janitor to photograph secret photoshoots. No prior knowledge or technical expertise is needed.

Social engineering

You use a range of techniques to reach your objectives:

• Disguise yourself as someone else.
• Sneak into monitored rooms.
• Explore private social media pages.
• Use QR codes for baiting attacks.
• Access computers with manipulated USB sticks.
• Search trash bins for information.
• Use websites and public notices.
• Deceive employees in conversations or calls.

VR tools and movement

You can move freely through the game world in roomscale VR, or use teleportation to travel longer distances and move between floors. Your controllers act as virtual hands for interacting with objects, doors and people. A tablet provides a Social Engineering Wiki, browser, phone, building plan, photo app and help app, while a Mission Instructor can assist during missions.

Training mode

The Social Engineer is designed to teach players about social engineering attacks and raise awareness in private and professional settings. Its concept was developed with an IT security firm and scientifically accompanied. In Educational Mode, you can be asked about knowledge learned in the game.