Hacking Humans
N2K Networks
Deception, influence, and social engineering in the world of cyber crime.
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Jun 21, 2018 • 23min
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 DirectDefense about her physical penetration testing work.
Jun 14, 2018 • 31min
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 share how professional athletes protect themselves from online scams.
Jun 7, 2018 • 31min
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 us to share his research on misinformation, fake news, and inoculating people against them.
May 30, 2018 • 30min
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 social engineering schemes and ways to detect them. Author Christopher Hadnagy discusses his book The Art of Human Hacking.
