Hacking Humans

Alex Quilici, Robocall Scam Expert of YouMail, discusses how unwanted robocalls are becoming more targeted and the psychology behind some of the worst calls, Joe and Dave share some listener follow up, Joe's story comes from listener Derek who shares how his aunt avoided a scam which wasn't very obvious at first, and Dave's story is about how the FBI released its annual Internet Crime Complaint Center Internet Crime Report for 2021, our catch of the day comes from listener John who shares how he got a new interesting Instagram follower. Links to stories: FBI Releases the Internet Crime Complaint Center 2021 Internet Crime Report Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

An open standard for hardware authentication tokens that use the universal serial bus, or USB, near-field communications, or NFCs, or Bluetooth to communicate one factor in a two-factor authentication exchange.

Thanks for joining us for the latest episode of our fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Co-hosts Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan are joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave, Joe and Rick are watching Joe's and Rick's scene picks. They watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then the team deconstructs what they saw. Grab a bowl of popcorn and join us for some Hollywood scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Joe's clip from "House of Games" (the Western Union scene) Rick's clip from "The Brothers Bloom"

Jim Ducharme, COO of Outseer joins Dave to discuss buy now pay later scams, Joe and Dave share some listener follow up, Joe has an interesting story about an Unchained Capital partner and how they were hit with a social engineering attack, and Dave's story is on the FIDO alliance, our catch of the day comes from listener Matt, who shares how he won 20.5 million and why he wasn't falling for it. Links to stories: A Big Bet to Kill the Password for Good Unchained Capital partner hit with social engineering attack Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

A cyber threat intelligence best practice of assigning arbitrary labels to collections of hacker activity across the intrusion kill chain.

UK Correspondent Carole Theriault returns talking with guest David Ruiz from Malwarebytes about parents spying on their kids, Joe and Dave share some listener follow up, Joe's shares a story about the top 5 strangest social engineering tactics, Dave's got a story from one of our listeners, Ricky, about best gift card sales practices at retail chains, and our Catch of the Day comes from listener Michael with a well-crafted email full of red flags when you read into it. Links to stories: Rounding up the Past Year's Strangest Social Engineering Tactics Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

A descriptive model that provides a baseline of observed software security initiatives and activities from a collection of volunteer software development shops.

Guest Justin Reilly, the CEO of Impero, stops by to talk with Dave Bittner about the mental health of kids in the digital age, Dave's got a story about large-scale phishing campaigns targeting the Indian Electric Vehicle consumers and businesses, Joe's story is from Vade sharing the top 20 most impersonated brands in phishing, and our Catch of the Day comes from Bob, a friend and former coworker of Joe's who received a smishing attempt via text from a "friend" and how he expertly turned the tables on the scammer. Links to stories: Unearthing the Million Dollar Scams Targeting the Indian Electric Vehicle Industry Vade Releases 2021 Phishers’ Favorites Report Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

Software libraries, frameworks, packages, and other components, and their dependencies (third-party code that each component uses) that have inherent security weaknesses, either through newly discovered vulnerabilities or because newer versions have superseded the deployed version.

Guest Jeff Nathan, the Director of Threat research at Norton Labs, joins Dave to discuss their most recent Consumer Cyber Safety Pulse Report, Joe and Dave share some follow up from listeners Daniel and Neville who helped the guys with a phrase from a recent Catch of the Day, Joe shares a story about getting around MFA using remote access software, Dave's story is about a jobfishing scam from a fake design firm, and our Catch of the Day is from listener Randy about an unsubscribe email he received. Links to stories: Devious phishing method bypasses MFA using remote access software Jobfished: the con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

Code and data repositories that don't protect against unauthorized changes.

Guest Joshua Neil, the Chief Data Scientist for SecurOnix, joins Dave to talk about evasive techniques and identifying nation-state kill chains, Joe shares an update on his identity theft experience, the guys share some follow up from listener Benji who shares experiences of scammers changing the name on gmail accounts at the synagogue where he works saying they are the rabbi and emailing congregants asking for gift cards, Dave's story is about Apple's AirTags and how they led to the discovery of a German intelligence agency, Joe's got a story about the City of Baltimore falling victim to a phishing scam, and our Catch of the Day is from listener G about a compressed file attachment he received, but did not open. Links to stories: Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency Inspector General: Baltimore victimized in 376,213 phishing scam last year Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

An attack technique that leverages an unprotected web server as a proxy for attackers to send commands through to other computers.

Thanks for joining us for the latest episode of our fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Co-hosts Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan are joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave, Joe and Rick are watching Joe's and Dave's scene picks. They watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then the team deconstructs what they saw. Grab a bowl of popcorn and join us for some Hollywood scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Joe's scene from "The Hustle" Dave's clip from "True Lies"

Guest Deral Heiland from Rapid7 talks with our UK Correspondent Carole Theriault about the state of IOT, Joe shares a personal story about bank checks and a debit card received at his home that were in his name but not from his bank, Dave's got a story from an email he received from the PR department at TikTok about romance scams, and our Catch of the Day is from listener John about a friend who was harassed on Facebook to click a link and how John addressed it. Links to stories: #BeCyberSmart: Tips to protect your heart and wallet Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

The absence of telemetry that could help network defenders detect and respond to hostile attempts to compromise a system.

Guest Nick Shevelyov, Chief Security Officer for Silicon Valley Bank. joins Dave sharing some personal history around security, and discussing his book "Cyber War… and Peace," Dave and Joe have some follow up from an anonymous listener about mobile device management issue at their work, Dave has a story where a woman was scammed out of thousands while someone contacted her to "help" with a problem with their bank, Joe's got a few stories about Facebook and ad scams, and our Catch of the Day is from listener Jonathan with a Geek Squad subscription scam. Links to stories: They Were ‘Calling to Help.’ Then They Stole Thousands Facebook blames Apple after a historically bad quarter, saying iPhone privacy changes will cost it $10 billion Scam ads: why an Australian billionaire is launching legal action against Facebook Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

Ineffectual confirmation of a user's identity or authentication in session management.

Thanks for joining us for the latest episode of our fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Co-hosts Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan are joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave, Joe and Rick are watching Dave's and Rick's scene picks. They watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then the team deconstructs what they saw. Grab a bowl of popcorn and join us for some Hollywood scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the television show "Key & Peele" Rick's pick from "Sneakers"

Guest Allan Liska from Recorded Future joins Dave to discuss the evolution of ransomware and his new book "Ransomware: Understand. Prevent. Recover," Joe shares a question from listener Joan about an email her father received from "MasterCard Fraud Department" asking photo/video and the last 4 of his Social Security Number, Joe has a story about scams to watch out for during tax time in the US, Dave's story is about ransomware operators trying to recruit company insiders, and our Catch of the Day is from listener Michael who had some acquaintances fall for a scam. Links to stories: Latest IRS Scams: How to Spot Them and Fight Back The Rising Insider Threat: Hackers Have Approached 65% of Executives or Their Employees To Assist in Ransomware Attacks Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

Software users are allowed access to data or functionality contrary to the defined zero trust policy by bypassing or manipulating the installed security controls.

Guest Roger Grimes, Data Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4, joins Dave to discuss his new book "Ransomware Protection Playbook," Dave has a story about a Meta (Facebook) group with a cryptocurrency scam that promises "a new way to wealth," Joe's story has tales of account takeover attacks of high-profile gamers, and our Catch of the Day is from listener Jesse about a text they received from "Facebook" about a $600,000 windfall. Links to stories: We Infiltrated a Crypto Scam Network That’s Hosted by Meta EA Confirms Account Takeover Attacks Compromising High-Profile Gamers via Phishing and Social Engineering Attacks Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

The state of a web application when it's vulnerable to attack due to an insecure configuration.

Guest Jane Lee, Trust and Safety Architect at Sift, joins Dave to talk about the Digital Trust and Safety Index, Joe and Dave share some follow up from a listener, Ben, with a suggestion as an alternative to prevent clicking on those bonus phishing scams, Joe's story is about fake ticket scams for the Kansas City Chiefs NFL playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dave's got a story about scams on Apple's App Store, and our Catch of the Day is from an anonymous listener about an email they received from their "IT department" requesting credentials (including password) when getting a new laptop. (Note: This is our first COTD that is not a scam, rather a bad policy.) Links to stories: Kansas City police warn Chiefs fans about ticket scams APPLE’S $64 BILLION-A-YEAR APP STORE ISN’T CATCHING THE MOST EGREGIOUS SCAMS Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

A broad OWASP Top 10 software development category representing missing, ineffective, or unforeseen security measures.

Guest Tom Tovar, CEO and Co-Creator of AppDome, joins Dave and Joe to discuss the results of a recent consumer survey, Dave's story is based on a tweet where the user's child's middle school had some unintended consequences of a phishing scam training, Joe has two stories: one on QR code scammers on parking kiosks, and one about a book publishing phishing scam, and our Catch of the Day is a message that purports to come from the USPS sent in by listener William about a missed package delivery. Links to stories: Tweet about phishing simulation gone wrong. QR code scammers hitting on-street parking in Texas cities -- including Houston, officials say; This is what you need to know FBI Arrests Suspect in Unpublished Book Manuscript Phishing Scam Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

An open source Java-based software tool available from the Apache Software Foundation designed to log security and performance information.

Guest Adam Flatley, Director of Threat Intelligence at Redacted, talks with Dave about "the only way to truly disrupt the ransomware problem is to target the actors themselves," Joe shares some statistics that will help you stay up-to-date on recent cybersecurity trends, Dave's story is about criminal indictments in a case of a Maryland company buying lead paint victims’ settlements for a fraction of their value, and our Catch of the Day comes from listener Brady about a slick mail campaign they received from "Amazon." Links to stories: 22 cybersecurity statistics to know for 2022 Criminal indictments filed against Maryland company that targeted Baltimore lead paint victims’ settlements Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

A broad class of attack vectors, where an attacker supplies input to an applications command interpreter that results in unanticipated functionality.

Thanks for joining us for Episode 5 of our fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Co-hosts Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan are joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave, Joe and Rick are watching Joe's and Dave's scene picks. They watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then the team deconstructs what they saw. Grab your popcorn and join us for a trip to the movies. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Joe's clip from "Identity Thief" Rick's pick from "The Flim-Flam Man"

A security philosophy that assumes adversaries have already penetrated the digital environment and tries to reduce the potential impact by limiting access by people, devices, and software to only the resources essential to perform their function and nothing more.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the CyberWire and our friends! Enjoy our rendition of the 12 Days of Malware created by Dave Bittner and performed by Dave and friends: Rachel Tobac, Jayson Street, Ron Eddings & Chris Cochran, Ray [Redacted], Dinah Davis, Camille Stewart, Rick Howard, Michelle Dennedy, Jack Rhysider, Johannes Ullrich, and Charity Wright. Ba dum bum bum. Sing along if you are game! Check out our video for the full effect! The 12 Days of Malware lyrics On the first day of Christmas, my malware gave to me: A keylogger logging my keys. On the second day of Christmas, my malware gave to me: 2 Trojan Apps... And a keylogger logging my keys. On the third day of Christmas, my malware gave to me: 3 Web shells... 2 Trojan Apps... And a keylogger logging my keys. On the fourth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me: 4 Crypto scams... 3 Web shells... 2 Trojan Apps... And a keylogger logging my keys. On the fifth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me: 5 Zero Days! 4 Crypto scams... 3 Web shells... 2 Trojan Apps... And a keylogger logging my keys. On the sixth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me: 6 Passwords spraying... 5 Zero Days! 4 Crypto scams... 3 Web shells... 2 Trojan Apps... And a keylogger logging my keys. On the seventh day of Christmas, my malware gave to me: 7 Scripts a scraping... 6 Passwords spraying... 5 Zero Days! 4 Crypto scams... 3 Web shells... 2 Trojan Apps... And a keylogger logging my keys. On the eighth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me: 8 Worms a wiping... 7 Scripts a scraping... 6 Passwords spraying... 5 Zero Days! 4 Crypto scams... 3 Web shells... 2 Trojan Apps... And a keylogger logging my keys. On the ninth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me: 9 Rootkits rooting... 8 Worms a wiping... 7 Scripts a scraping... 6 Passwords spraying... 5 Zero Days! 4 Crypto scams... 3 Web shells... 2 Trojan Apps... And a keylogger logging my keys. On the tenth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me: 10 Darknet markets... 9 Rootkits rooting... 8 Worms a wiping... 7 Scripts a scraping... 6 Passwords spraying... 5 Zero Days! (Bah-dum-dum-dum!) 4 Crypto scams... 3 Web shells... 2 Trojan Apps... And a keylogger logging my keys. On the eleventh day of Christmas, my malware gave to me: 11 Phishers phishing... 10 Darknet markets... 9 Rootkits rooting... 8 Worms a wiping... 7 Scripts a scraping... 6 Passwords spraying... 5 Zero Days! (Bah-dum-dum-dum!) 4 Crypto scams... 3 Web shells... 2 Trojan Apps... And a keylogger logging my keys. On the twelfth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me: 12 Hackers hacking... 11 Phishers phishing... 10 Darknet markets... 9 Rootkits rooting... 8 Worms a wiping... 7 Scripts a scraping... 6 Passwords spraying... 5 Zero Days! 4 Crypto scams... 3 Web shells... 2 Trojan Apps... And a keylogger logging my keys.

Thanks for joining us for Episode 4 of our fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Co-hosts Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan are joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave, Joe and Rick are watching Joe's and Rick's scene picks. They watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then the team deconstructs what they saw. Grab your popcorn and join us for a trip to the movies. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Joe's clip from "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air: Pool Hall Hustle" scene Rick's pick from "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"

Guest Amaya Hadnagy, Media Support for the Social-Engineer, LLC, joins Dave to share information about charity scams, Dave shares a personal story about some safety triggers he recently put into place to help protect his elderly parents financial accounts from scams, Joe's story comes from a listener Alice about someone scamming female Indian news anchors about jobs in Harvard University's journalism department, and our Catch of the Day comes from an imposter of Navy Federal Credit Union via listener Chris. Links to stories: The Harvard Job Offer No One at Harvard Ever Heard Of Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

Thanks for joining us for our fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Co-hosts Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan are joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave, Joe and Rick are watching Dave's and Rick's scene picks. They watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then the team deconstructs what they saw. Grab your popcorn and head to the movies with us. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" Rick's pick from "The Sting"

Code that fails to protect sensitive information.

Guest Adam Levin, security expert and podcast host of "What the Hack with Adam Levin," joins Dave to share advice and discuss some experiences shared on his podcast, Dave and Joe have some listener follow up from David with clarification on 2FA, Joe's story is about a job scam for positions at a video game company, Dave's got a story about how tools like Google and smartphones affect our memories and how we judge our own abilities, our Catch of the Day is from a listener named Chris with a fake email from Amazon about a TV his father "purchased," and how Chris had to intervene. Links to stories: They thought they got their dream job at Riot Games — but it was a scam Indeed's Guidelines for Safe Job Search The internet is tricking our brains Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

The prevention of the first part of an intrusion kill chain model exploitation technique, where the hacker steals valid logging credentials from a targeted victim.

Guest Dave Senci of Mastercard's NuData Security talks about the security issues with remote access and coaching frauds, Dave's got a story about receiving a "Best Buy gift card" and USB mailing, Joe's story is from the Better Business Bureau about their "12 Scams of Christmas," and our Catch of the Day is from our listener Henry who received an email that appeals to one's faith. Links to stories: PSA: If You Get a 'Best Buy Gift Card' on a USB Drive in the Mail, Don't Plug It Into Your PC The Naughty List: BBB's 12 Scams of Christmas Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

The process of proactively searching through networks to detect and isolate security threats, rather than relying on security solutions or services to detect those threats.

Guest Jay Radcliffe from Thermo Fisher Scientific shares his advice and security concerns with smart devices since the holiday gifting season is around the corner, Joe and Dave have some listener follow up about 2FA, Joe's got a story about the Robinhood breach, Dave's story is about numerous LinkedIn requests from HR specialists with GAN images (Generated Adversarial Network), and our Catch of the Day is from listener Michael who was just trying to sell his car and then he got a text message. Links to stories: Data Breach of Robinhood Trading Platform Blamed on Social Engineering, Similar to 2020 Twitter Breach LinkedIn Fakes: A Wolf in Business Casual Clothing Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

The continuous practice of identifying classifying, prioritizing, remediating, and mitigating software vulnerabilities within this.

Thanks for joining us for our fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Co-hosts Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan are joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave, Joe and Rick are watching Joe's and Rick's scene picks. They watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then the team deconstructs what they saw. Grab your popcorn and join us for a trip to the movies. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Joe's clip from "The Simpsons: Father and Son Grifting" episode Rick's pick from "Paper Moon"

A formal record containing the details and supply chain relationships of various components used in building software.

Guest Blake Hall, CEO and founder of a company called ID.me, discusses protecting your identity online, Dave and Joe have some follow up from listener Rafa on 2FA he uses, Dave has a story about bots that take advantage of 2FA to break into your payment accounts, Joe's story is about scams carried out through QR codes, and our COTD comes from listener Wyatt about an award-winning email from Warren Buffett. Links to stories: The Booming Underground Market for Bots That Steal Your 2FA Codes Fake “Sugar Daddies” are cheating on Instagram Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

A security philosophy that assumes adversaries have already penetrated the digital environment and tries to reduce the potential impact by limiting access by people, devices, and software to only the resources essential to perform their function and nothing more.

Welcome to a fun new project by the team who brings you Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Co-hosts Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan are joined by Rick Howard in this series. They view clips from their favorite movies with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear about on Hacking Humans. In this first episode, Dave, Joe and Rick are watching Dave's and Joe's picks. They watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then the team deconstructs what they saw. Grab your popcorn and join us for a trip to the movies. Links to movie clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's pick from "The Grifters" Joe's clip from "Matchstick Men"

Hardware and software designed to detect and prevent cyber adversary campaigns that target industrial operations.

Guest Dr. Jessica Barker from Cygenta talks with UK correspondent Carole Theriault about how every month should be cyber awareness month, Joe has a story about password spraying (kind of like a credential stuffing attack), Dave's story is about scams carried out through QR codes, and our COTD comes from listener Wyatt about an award-winning email from Warren Buffett. Links to stories: Microsoft warns over uptick in password spraying attacks Scammers are emailing waves of unsolicited QR codes, aiming to steal Microsoft users' passwords Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

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