Font File Fail: Critical Windows Zero-Day; Patch in 3 Weeks
Microsoft is warning Windows users about a new unpatched critical vulnerability being exploited in the wild ...
The Human Hacking Conference: Year Alpha
It was early in 2019 that we started dropping hints we had something big in the works. The anticipation was high, when, in June, we made an exciting announcement. Social-Engineer.org along with ...
Is It Legit to Use Fear as Part of My Pretext?
One question I get asked often is, “Chris, isn’t it legit to use fear as part of my pretext in a social engineering exercise? I mean, after all, the bad guys are ...
Phaxttachments Are Latest Spin on Phishing Attacks
Looks like cybercriminals have come up with yet another innovative means to distribute malware. Researchers at Inky, which provides tools to combat phishing attacks, have discovered that cybercriminals are now sending emails ...
Get the Skills You Need to Be a Successful Social Engineer
In This Issue: “Get the Skills You Need to Be a Successful Social Engineer” What skills do you need to be a social engineer? The March newsletter answers that question by narrowing ...
Women of Hamas and Their Social Engineering Skills
Recently the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) sent a warning to all concerned about the efforts of Hamas to identify, contact, engage, socially engineer and then compromise IDF personnel. Surprise of surprises: Hamas ...
You’ve Been Hacked! Now What?
In episode 110: Tyler Hudak, Incident Response Practice Lead at TrustedSec, joins us to talk about what you should do (and more importantly what you shouldn’t do) if you find out you’ve ...
Red Teaming: How to Run Effective Cyber-Drills?
What is red teaming? How is it different from conventional penetration testing? Why do we need blue, red, and white teams? How are cyber-drills carried out, and what results should be expected? ...
ZeroFOX Raises $74M to Combat Deepfakes With AI
ZeroFOX has picked up an additional $74 million in funding that will be employed in part to advance the development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools capable of identifying fake digital content, including ...
How Personality Influences Cybersecurity Behavior
In August 2019, ESET and The Myers-Briggs Company released preliminary findings of a fascinating study on the way personality types can influence cybersecurity behaviors. With just a snippet of the data available, ...
