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
From support to scam.
This week we are joined by Maria Varmazis, host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus. Maria shares an interesting story from Canada on a gentleman who thought he was calling Best Buy's Geek Squad, bu…
00:49:20 |
Thu 02 May 2024
Encore: greyware (noun) [Word Notes]
Also known as spyware and adware, it is a software category where developers design the application neither to cause explicit harm nor to accomplish some conventional legitimate purpose, but when run…
00:05:18 |
Tue 30 Apr 2024
Fighting off phishing.
Roger Grimes, a Data Driven Defense Evangelist from KnowBe4 and author is discussing his new book, "Fighting Phishing: Everything You Can Do to Fight Social Engineering and Phishing." Dave and Joe sh…
00:51:38 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Encore: fuzzing (noun) [Word Notes]
An automatic software bug and vulnerability discovery technique that inputs invalid, unexpected and/or random data or fuzz into a program and then monitors the program's reaction to it.
00:05:15 |
Tue 23 Apr 2024
Is change presenting a window of opportunity for attackers?
Trevin Edgeworth, Red Team Practice Director at Bishop Fox, is discussing how change, like M&A, staff, tech, lack of clarity or even self-promotion within and around security environments presents wi…
01:04:22 |
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Encore: Unix (noun) [Word Notes]
A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original Unix system built by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie in the 1960s.
00:05:15 |
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Could AI's doomsday be deferred?
Dr. Robert Blumofe, CTO at Akamai, sits down to talk about the AI doomsday versus a "very bad day" scenario. Dave shares a story from The Knowledge Project Podcast, where the host talks to Adam Robin…
00:54:41 |
Thu 11 Apr 2024
Encore: deep packet inspection (DPI) (noun) [Word Notes]
A network monitoring and filtering technique that examines both the header information and the payload of every packet traversing a network access point.
00:05:34 |
Tue 09 Apr 2024
Cyber crime chronicles featuring scams, spies, and cartel schemes.
This week we are joined by Maria Varmazis, host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus. Maria shares an interesting story about Apple users reporting that they are being targeted in elaborate phishing …
00:46:32 |
Thu 04 Apr 2024
Encore: rootkit (noun) [Word Notes]
A clandestine set of applications designed to give hackers access and control over a target device.
00:06:57 |
Tue 02 Apr 2024
Exploring emerging trends in online scamming.
Graham Cluley joins to discuss trends he’s been seeing lately in online scams. N2K's very own Gina Johnson shares some insights on a discussion a few episode ago on why people need a prescription for…
01:00:43 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Encore: tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) (noun) [Word Notes]
A set of behaviors that precisely describes a cyber adversary attack campaign.
00:06:43 |
Tue 26 Mar 2024
Job seeker beware: Spotting sneaky scammers on job boards.
This week we are joined by Maria Varmazis, host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus. She shares the story on scammers posing as recruiters on LinkedIn to get you to fall for an age old phishing scam…
00:44:21 |
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Encore: cyber threat intelligence (CTI) (noun) [Word Notes]
Information used by leadership to make decisions regarding the cybersecurity posture of their organization.
00:06:02 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Cyberattack chaos and the impact on families.
This week we are joined by N2K CyberWire's very own Catherine Murphy, and she is sharing her family's experiences with Lurie Children's Hospital's recent cybersecurity incident. Dave shares a story o…
00:53:26 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Encore: identity theft (noun) [Word Notes]
In this case Identity is the set of credentials, usually electronic that vouch for who you are and theft is to steal. The theft of a person's identity for purposes of fraud.
00:04:00 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
New tools, old problems.
This week we are joined by Maria Varmazis, host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus. She discusses how AI is being used as a possible solution to one of the oldest scams in the book in Japan. Dave a…
00:49:08 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
Encore: Monte Carlo Simulation (noun) [Word Notes]
A probability simulation technique used to understand the impact of risk and uncertainty in complex problems.
00:06:27 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
Navigating the post-password landscape.
Mike Kosak, Principal Intelligence Analyst at LastPass, is discussing passkeys, threat actors, and Volt Typhoon. Joe shares a new free certification you could get if you are looking to get into the f…
00:45:54 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
Encore: Virtual Private Network (VPN) (noun) [Word Notes]
A software, hardware or hybrid encryption layer between two devices on the network that makes the traffic between the sites opaque to the other devices on the same network.
00:06:25 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
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