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
Skepticism is the first step.
Joe shares stories of typo-squatting. Dave reminds warns us against responding to malicious email, even just for fun. The catch of the day is from a listener, leading on a romance scammer. Carole The…
00:33:06 |
Thu 14 Nov 2019
When you are the target, objectivity is gone.
Joe shares a report on who's more susceptible for scams. Dave shares a story from a listener who what hit by a scam attempt while staying at a hotel. Our catch of the day involves an attempt to scam …
00:31:26 |
Thu 07 Nov 2019
The Malware Mash!
Happy Halloween from Joe, Dave, and everyone at the CyberWire!
00:03:51 |
Thu 31 Oct 2019
Don't dismiss the fraudsters.
Dave describes a credential gathering scam targeting users of the Stripe online payment system. Joe responds to an email message from his boss, and learns a valuable lesson. Our catch of the day foll…
00:34:58 |
Thu 31 Oct 2019
The ability to fundamentally deceive someone.
Joe has the story of a convincing scammer who makes an innocent woman doubt herself. Dave describes an online utility that helps users delete unwanted user accounts and also rates the difficulty of d…
00:32:15 |
Thu 24 Oct 2019
The fallacy of futility.
Dave describes a ponzi scheme that bought up legitimate investment firms. Joe shares research into deep fakes. The catch of the day includes an invitation to join the illuminati. Ray [REDACTED] retur…
00:30:08 |
Thu 17 Oct 2019
Don't trust ransomware to tell you its real name.
Joe describes online redirect scams, URL encoding and the clever combination of the two. Dave shares delightful satire about Russian brides and Nigerian princes, together at last. The catch of the da…
00:32:06 |
Thu 10 Oct 2019
The ultimate hacking tool.
Joe reviews highlights from a Proofpoint report on the human aspects of cyber attacks. Dave describes the FTC's cases against online dating site Match.com. The catch of the day comes straight from He…
00:33:01 |
Thu 03 Oct 2019
The usefulness of single sign on.
Joe outlines online threats from social media. Dave shares a story of scammers try to scare a community into purchasing security products. The catch of the day features a promise of riches from Faceb…
00:30:44 |
Thu 26 Sep 2019
Algorithms controlling truth in our society.
Special guest host Graham Cluley joins Dave while Joe takes a short break. Dave shares the success of the FBI's reWired campaign which has apprehended alleged scammers around the world. Graham descri…
00:32:00 |
Thu 19 Sep 2019
An ethical hacker can be a teacher.
A listener updates us on "notice of arrest" policies. Dave notes increased instances of Google Calendar spam. Joe shares a claim that AI voice mimicry was used to dupe a company out of nearly a quart…
00:35:32 |
Thu 12 Sep 2019
Think before you post.
Follow-up from down under. Joe shares the story of a Mom scammed out of Gaelic Football League tickets. Dave describes a bounty hunter hoaxing suicide threats to get location information from mobile …
00:31:39 |
Thu 05 Sep 2019
Securing your SMS.
Dave shares a story of digital voice assistants being channeled toward scammers. Joe tracks scammers taking advantage of social tools on the Steam gaming platform. The catch of the day involves South…
00:31:43 |
Thu 29 Aug 2019
Backups backups backups.
Joe describes a primitive (but effective) phishing scheme being tracked by Bleeping Computer. Dave shares news from a Black Hat presentation on phishing stats from Google. The catch of the day is a f…
00:30:05 |
Thu 22 Aug 2019
Swamping search results for reputation management.
Dave shares the story of a small community hospital dealing with a ransomware attack. Joe reviews the different types of extortion emails. The catch of the day is an inheritance scam from Canada. Car…
00:36:58 |
Thu 15 Aug 2019
Positive pretexting on the rise.
Joe shares a cautionary Facebook tale from his own life. Dave has the story of an Australian IT company put out of business by scammers. The catch of the day tracks the response writer and comedian D…
00:31:58 |
Thu 08 Aug 2019
Images are the language of the brain.
Dave outlines a church donation scam. Joe shares reporting from Ars Technica on romance scams coming out of Africa. The catch of the day is courtesy of London comedian James Veitch Our guest is Garry…
00:31:39 |
Thu 01 Aug 2019
Looking after Dad.
Joe shares a story on the market economy of phishing. Dave explains how gamers are being taken advantage of on popular chat app Discord. The catch of the day included a little bit of showbiz razzle-d…
00:32:13 |
Thu 25 Jul 2019
The skills gap disconnect.
Dave shares a listener story of scammers calling drug stores to try to gather customer rewards points. Joe describes federal contractors being scammed out of over $10 million of hardware, some of it …
00:35:17 |
Thu 18 Jul 2019
Know and spot the patterns.
Joe shares the heartbreaking tale of a catphishing case that leads to murder. Dave describes a shoe company using an unusual method to trick engagement with an online ad. The catch of the day engages…
00:34:35 |
Thu 11 Jul 2019
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