SC Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

Infosec’s Choose Your Own Adventure training game “Deep Space Danger” tests employees on their knowledge of social engineering. I read a lot of Choose Your Own Adventure books and I always loved them,” Koziol continued. “As What do you do? Bore them with dull content that feels like a lecture.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Since 2007 the InfoSec industry has been talking about TheBigOne™—the event that would change cyber threats from annoyances to existential concerns. They called it Cyber Pearl Harbor. This doesn’t mean it can’t still happen. Nowhere near fast enough.

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Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I am currently a full-time social engineering pentesting professional with Social-Engineer, LLC (SECOM). The Social Engineering Framework defines vishing as the “practice of eliciting information or attempting to influence action over the telephone.” I’m not originally from the InfoSec world.

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Social Engineering Engineering InfoSec Education 98

Javvad Malik

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

We only had Infosec Europe and the most we got out of there was some free USB sticks… If we were lucky they would be 500 megs. It’s so easy to manipulate anyone that works in infosec. Forget complex social engineering techniques – just go up to a guy, and ask him if he’s been working out?

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Passwords InfoSec Accountability Encryption 113

Security Boulevard

JULY 25, 2022

In this episode learn all about the world of corporate spying from someone who was a corporate spy and actually wrote a book on it! Robert Kerbeck author of “RUSE: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street” joins us to discuss his fascinating career as a corporate spy, life as a struggling actor, […].

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Pen Test Partners

JANUARY 29, 2024

Sometimes you don’t even need this level complexity as people often provide their full name and email (and other details) when booking tickets for example. These are common con techniques and used by social engineers. This could give scammers a head start, allowing them to gather information days or weeks in advance.

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Scams Passwords Media Accountability 81

ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In a few minutes I’m going to talk to a pentester who’s written a book that can help take your current skills as a sys admin and security engineer and turn them into skills needed to become a great digital pentester. She is an impressive force within the infosec world. available wherever books are sold.

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