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
Influence versus manipulation.
Joe describes a law firm impersonating a rival to funnel business away from them. Dave has a story of pontiff impersonation. Our guest is Joe Gray from Advanced Persistent Security.
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00:30:53 |
Thu 13 Sep 2018
Real estate transactions in the crosshairs.
Dave gets scammed on an exit ramp. Joe describes real estate transaction scams. Is LinkedIn moonlighting in Himalayan tourism? Guest Asaf Cidon from Barracuda Networks shares social engineering trend…
00:30:35 |
Thu 06 Sep 2018
Red teaming starts with research.
Joe describes an Office 365 phishing campaign. Dave warns of dangerous USB cables. A listener shares a fax from the UK. Joe interviews security consultant and pen tester Justin White.
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00:30:05 |
Thu 30 Aug 2018
Telling the truth in a dishonest way.
Dave looks at Hollywood script pitch event scams. Joe describes a romance scam murder scheme. Spontaneously combusting ATM cards. Guest Jayson E. Street from SphereNY describes his security awareness…
00:30:36 |
Thu 23 Aug 2018
Sometimes less is more.
Joe shares the story of a retiree scammed by a clever scheme. Dave describes a tech-support scam with a Russian twist. Our Catch of the Day features an adorable puppy. Guest Michael Murray from Looko…
00:36:05 |
Thu 16 Aug 2018
Focus, technology, and training fight phishing.
Dave describes a phishing attempt to infiltrate U.S. election systems. Joe shares a story of government agencies receiving malicious CDs in the mail. University employees are lured by greed. And Davi…
00:29:15 |
Thu 09 Aug 2018
Luring unsuspecting money mules.
Joe describes clever gift card scams. Dave follows up on last week's proposal to waste phone scammer's time. A more plausible phishing scheme comes through. Guest David Shear from Flashpoint describe…
00:29:51 |
Thu 02 Aug 2018
Nothing up my sleeve.
Dave shares a story of deception right out of Hollywood.
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Joe proposes changing the financial incentives for scammers.
A …
00:30:51 |
Thu 26 Jul 2018
Think like an attacker.
Joe describes a con law enforcement agencies use to lure crooks. Dave shares a tech support scan spreading in chat forums. A listener from Dublin has a fake email from Apple. We welcome Rachel Tobac,…
00:30:05 |
Thu 19 Jul 2018
Presidential prank, pensioner pilfered.
Dave recounts the news that US President Trump likely fell for a prank phone call. Joe outlines the sad story of a woman robbed of her retirement savings. Twitter account recovery scams. Charles Arth…
00:30:43 |
Thu 12 Jul 2018
Phone scams, phantom employees and sitting Ducks.
Joe warns of a harrowing phone scam technique, Dave reveals an alternate persona, a listener tries to sell a truck, and Carole Theriault from the Smashing Security Podcast interviews Sophos' Paul Duc…
00:30:44 |
Thu 05 Jul 2018
Separating fools from money.
Dave shares a story of airport penetration testing with high degree of yuck-factor. Joe explores research on protecting passwords from social engineering. The catch-of-the-day comes courtesy of Graha…
00:29:43 |
Thu 28 Jun 2018
Playing on kindness.
Joe explains the Ben Franklin effect. Dave describes job applicants tricked unto money laundering. A listener tells a tale of being fooled by an appeal to greed. Joe interviews Stacey Cameron from Di…
00:22:57 |
Thu 21 Jun 2018
Gaming pro athletes online.
Joe warns of scammers taking advantage of natural disasters, Dave explores romance scams, and gets a strange voice mail.
Stephen Frank from the National Hockey League Players Association joins us to…
00:31:03 |
Thu 14 Jun 2018
A flood of misinformation and fake news.
In this episode, Joe examines the anatomy of a phishing attack, Dave explores pretexting, and a scammer targets real estate agents.
Professor Stephen Lewandowsky from the University of Bristol joins…
00:31:01 |
Thu 07 Jun 2018
Social Engineering works because we're human.
In this premier episode of the Hacking Humans podcast, cohosts Dave Bittner from the CyberWire and Joe Carrigan from the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute discuss noteworthy soc…
00:30:25 |
Wed 30 May 2018
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