Hacking Humans
Deception, influence, and social engineering in the world of cyber crime.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 696
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
CIRT (noun) [Word Notes]
A team responsible for responding to and managing cybersecurity incidents involving computer systems and networks in order to minimize the damage and to restore normal operations as quickly as possib…
00:06:36 |
Tue 31 Jan 2023
Interview with the AI, part one. [Special Editions]
Cybersecurity interview with ChatGPT.
In part one of CyberWire’s Interview with the AI, Brandon Karpf interviews ChatGPT about topics related to cybersecurity. Rick Howard joins Brandon to analyze th…
00:27:27 |
Sun 29 Jan 2023
Outsmarting the scammers.
Nadine Michaelides from Anima People sits down with Dave to discuss preventing insider threat using behavioral science and psych metrics. Joe and Dave share some follow up regarding a Facebook scamme…
00:55:49 |
Thu 26 Jan 2023
PUP (noun) [Word Notes]
A software program installed unintentionally by a user that typically performs tasks not asked for by the installer.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/potentially-unwanted-p…
00:05:25 |
Tue 24 Jan 2023
The front lines of ransomware attacks.
Rohit Dhamankar from Fortra’s Alert Logic joins Dave to discuss the decline in ransomware attacks and lessons learned from the front lines. Dave and Joe share some listener follow up from Keith regar…
00:50:22 |
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Ransomware (noun) [Word Notes]
Malware that disables a system in exchange for a ransom, usually by encrypting the system's data until the user pays for the decryption key.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary…
00:07:46 |
Tue 17 Jan 2023
The age old battle between social engineering and banking.
Chip Gibbons, CISO at Thrive, sits down with Dave to talk about how to defend against social engineering attacks in banking. Dave starts us off this week with a story about Amazon opening up its sell…
00:53:34 |
Thu 12 Jan 2023
Service Set Identifier (SSID) (noun) [Word Notes]
The name of a wireless access point.
CyberWire Glossary link.
Audio reference link: SSID Management - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 1.5, Professor Messer, uploaded August 3rd, 2014.
00:05:42 |
Tue 10 Jan 2023
Leveraging credentials online and off isn't going away.
Guest Eric Levine, Co-founder and CEO at Berbix, joins Dave to discuss identity fraud. Dave and Joe share comments from listener Chris on a series of SMS messages he got from "Wells Fargo." Joe's sto…
00:53:22 |
Thu 05 Jan 2023
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) (noun) [Word Notes]
A U.S. Government specification for data encryption using an asymmetric key algorithm.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/advanced-encryption-standard
Audio reference link: pa…
00:08:37 |
Tue 03 Jan 2023
Sisters, grifters, and shifters. [Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies]
Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined …
00:34:28 |
Thu 29 Dec 2022
The CyberWire: The 12 Days of Malware.[Special Editions]
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the CyberWire and our friends! Enjoy our rendition of the 12 Days of Malware created by Dave Bittner and performed by Dave and friends: Rachel Tobac, Jayson St…
00:07:28 |
Sun 25 Dec 2022
How to avoid Instagram scams.
This week, Carole Theriault sits down to interview Dr. Jessica Barker from Cygenta to discuss the latest Instagram scams and how to avoid them. Dave and Joe share some follow-up on Apple, why they ar…
00:52:20 |
Thu 22 Dec 2022
Data Loss Protection (DLP) (noun) [Word Notes]
A set of tools designed to safeguard data while in use in motion and at rest.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/data-loss-prevention
Audio reference link: HistoryHeard. “Dat…
00:07:06 |
Tue 20 Dec 2022
Sometimes it's scripted and others, it's a target of opportunity. [Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies]
Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined …
00:28:26 |
Sun 18 Dec 2022
Disinformation and verification.
Kaspars Ruklis, the Program Manager for Media Literacy from IREX sits down with Dave to talk about the very verified media literacy program. Dave and Joe share some listener followup on some of the b…
00:52:45 |
Thu 15 Dec 2022
Domain Naming System (DNS) (noun) [Word Notes]
A system that translates text-based URLs to their underlying numerical IP addresses.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/domain-name-system-dns
Audio reference link: HistoryHea…
00:09:31 |
Tue 13 Dec 2022
Keeping the scams in the family. [Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies]
Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined …
00:19:36 |
Sun 11 Dec 2022
Do not get your news on social media.
Guest Giulia Porter, Vice President of RoboKiller, discusses their mid-year report on phone scams. Following that phone scam line, Dave has a story about the international takedown of online crimewar…
00:48:08 |
Thu 08 Dec 2022
Pretexting (noun) [Word Notes]
A social engineering technique in which a threat actor poses as a trusted person or entity in order to trick the victim into disclosing information or performing an action that benefits the attacker.…
00:06:07 |
Tue 06 Dec 2022
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