Hacking Humans

The difference between organizational employee job requirements and the available skillsets in the potential employee pool.

Guest Brandon Hoffman from Intel 471 is back sharing some research on business email compromise, Dave's got a story on buying collectable sneakers and how bots make that really hard to do, Joe has two stories with different spins on romance scams: one notes they are the most prevalent scams targeting older adults; and the second is about a group of Nigerian men preying on women through money scams, and our Catch of the Day comes from reddit user steev p (Steve P) about a benefit scam from an impersonated Facebook friend.Links to stories: Bots have made it nearly impossible to buy hyped up shoes. What if they could be stopped? FTC warns of increase in romance scams, especially targeting older adults Nigerian romance scam suspects targeted 100 women - FBI Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com or hit us up on Twitter.

The use of technology to radically improve the performance or reach of the business. 

UK Correspondent Carole Theriault returns with an interview with Paul, a spam analyst, Dave and Joe have some follow-up, Joe revisits NFTs with rug pull scams, Dave's story is about phishers using a symbol in place of the Verizon logo, and our Catch of the Day comes from listener Rafael in Spain about a Steam account takeover scam attempt his son experienced on Discord.Links to stories:Phishers Get Clever, Use Math Symbols for Verizon LogoHave a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com or hit us up on Twitter.

Cloud services intended for cyber criminals and other bad actors designed to obstruct law enforcement and other kinds of government investigations, and to provide some protection against competitors.

Guest Marina Ciavatta CEO at Hekate talks with Dave about some of her social engineering and pen testing experiences, Dave's got a story is about getting your family to use a password manager, Joe's story is about NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and scams that have arisen around them, and our Catch of the Day is from listener William and it turns out Dave is in trouble with the IRS again on this one.Links to stories: How to Get Your Family to Actually Use a Password Manager THE NFT SCAMMERS ARE HERE Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com or hit us up on Twitter.

The practice of securing a device that connects to a network in order to facilitate communication with other devices on the same or different networks. 

Guest Zach Schuler of NINJIO joins Dave to discuss measuring the effectiveness of awareness training, Joe's got a story about a school nurse who was scammed with a "Bank of America" Zelle transaction, Dave's story is about a phone scam a therapist received from a local "Sheriff's office," and our Catch of the Day is from Hacking Humans Senior producer Jennifer Eiben about some pricey potatoes and chocolate chip cookies she "ordered."Links to stories: School nurse falls victim to scam targeting Bank of America and Zelle customers 'He held me hostage with no gun but with his words': The phone scam gaslighting therapists Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com or hit us up on Twitter.

President Biden's May, 2021 formal compliance mandate for federal civilian executive branch agencies, or FCEBs, to include specific shortterm and longterm deadlines designed to enhance the federal government's digital defense posture.