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
Flying under the radar.
Dave's story is about a forgotten scam, Joe talks about the recent Twitter hack, The Catch of the Day is a pretty standard phishing email for you to be on the lookout for, and later in the show, Dave…
00:29:36 |
Thu 13 Aug 2020
NMAP (noun) [Word Notes]
A network mapping tool that pings IP addresses looking for a response and can discover host names, open communications ports, operating system names and versions. Written and maintained by Gordon Lyo…
00:03:53 |
Tue 11 Aug 2020
Ignore the actor, focus on the behavior.
Dave shares an horrific cyberstalking story from the local area, Joe's story is about a phishing campaign impersonating voicemail alerts, The Catch of the Day is an HR front for a check floating scam…
00:33:42 |
Thu 06 Aug 2020
Be the custodian of your own digital identity.
Dave talks about a deepfake recording impersonating a CEO, Joe's story is about a new phishing campaign, The Catch of the Day is a very persistent cash app scammer, and later in the show, Dave's conv…
00:33:55 |
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Never think of security as a destination.
Dave talks about gift card scams associated with YouTube live streams, Joe's story is about a scam impersonating Canadian hospital staff, The Catch of the Day is phish impersonating a small game deve…
00:36:08 |
Thu 23 Jul 2020
A little dose of skepticism.
We have some listener follow-up sharing dnstwister.report site, Dave has a story of consent phishing, Joe talks about calendar invite phishing, The Catch of the Day is a lazy money multiplying scam, …
00:34:26 |
Thu 16 Jul 2020
Send me money so I know you are real.
We have some follow-up, and this time, Joe was not right, Dave's story is about poison-selling scam, Joe about an impersonation site, The Catch of the Day claims to be notice of a United Nations paym…
00:37:54 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
Because they deserve the money!
Dave's story shows Macs are not immune, Joe talks about a dark place in his soul (aka survey scams), some listener follow-up saying Joe was right!, The Catch of the Day an advanced fee scam from the …
00:36:04 |
Thu 02 Jul 2020
Close in your pajamas.
Joe shares a different spin on ransom attacks, Dave has a story on phone number reuse, The Catch of the Day is a notice from British Gas (accent included), and later in the show, Dave's conversation …
00:36:18 |
Thu 25 Jun 2020
It can happen to anybody.
Dave shares a story of an attempt on his father's Verizon account, Joe has the story of an Amazon gift card phishing attempt, The Catch of the Day is a funny phishing email, and later in the show, Jo…
00:44:02 |
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Taking a selfie with your ID.
Joe talks about HROs (High Reliability Organizations), Dave has a scam on Upwork gigs, The Catch of the Day talks about giving a scammer the runaround, and later in the show our interview with Sanjay…
00:37:40 |
Thu 11 Jun 2020
Seniors and millennials more alike than people think.
Dave has a ransomware story from inside a virtual machine, Joe talks phishing with Google firebase storage URLs, some listener follow-up, The Catch of the Day comes from Joe's daughter and "Apple", a…
00:35:07 |
Thu 04 Jun 2020
Wearing a mask in the Oval Office.
Joe shares his Classic Cons Part 3, Dave has an Apple device scam story, The Catch of the Day is your assassination heads-up, and later in the show our interview with Jonna Mendez, retired CIA intell…
00:41:50 |
Thu 28 May 2020
HH Extra - Happy 100 shows!
We'd like to thank you, our dear listeners, for sticking with us and our podcast through thick and thin, bad accents and even worse ones, with this - a collection of some of our favorite Catch of the…
00:09:10 |
Thu 28 May 2020
How scammers fill the gap.
Dave has a story on a possible Disney-styled phishing email, Joe has the skinny on a circular pyramid scheme, some listener follow-up, The Catch of the Day is a YouTube verification badge for you, an…
00:35:27 |
Thu 21 May 2020
Every day you're a firefighter.
Dave and Joe have a follow up for a listener, Joe has two stories on different levels of effort of phishing schemes, The Catch of the Day is looking for a sugar baby, and later in the show our interv…
00:36:14 |
Thu 14 May 2020
Exploiting our distractions.
Dave has the story of PR firms selling lies online, Joe has the story of a sophisticated Business Email Compromise attack, The Catch of the Day advises you to update your account information IMMEDIAT…
00:35:50 |
Thu 07 May 2020
Passwords are the easiest things to steal.
Joe takes a look at a massive sextortion spam scheme, Dave has some advice for all of us, the Catch of the Day comes from down under, and later in the show our conversation with Andrew Shikiar, Execu…
00:42:51 |
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Wallet inspector.
Dave warns of fake QR code websites stealing Bitcoin, Joe has the return of classic cons, the Catch of the Day forgets one crucial element, and later in the show, our interview with Kurtis Minder. He…
00:34:19 |
Thu 23 Apr 2020
They're getting smart, but we're getting smarter.
Joe has the story of a cold-calling conman, Dave has a story of vindication for seniors who lost money in phone scams, the Catch of the Day has Joe doing his research, and later in the show my conver…
00:26:14 |
Thu 16 Apr 2020
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