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Social Engineering Fraud Losses Doubled in 2015

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Carmelo

Consider the largest breaches of 2015 and realize they weren’t about getting financial data directly. It was all about personal details. Identity theft is a hotter commodity on the dark web, than credit card numbers. Anthem 80 million (Personal Details) Ashley … Continue reading →

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Telemarketer Payback with Social Engineering

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Carmelo

Social engineering is a very useful skill to have. But please use your powers with the highest level of ethics. See image below.

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How Social Engineering Affected Tesla

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Carmelo

In totally uncool moves, two Tesla owned accounts were hijacked via social engineering: A bad guy called AT&T customer support and pretended to be a Tesla employee. This person then demanded all phone calls to the company be forwarded to a … Continue reading →

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Social Engineering Fraud Videos

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Carmelo

Though this is an advertisement for consulting services (at the very end), this video has two great examples of how fraud is committed through social engineering. Here is a talk from a DerbyCon that Jamison gives a full presentation on … Continue reading →

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Social Engineering

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Carmelo

No, not that Taylor Swift, this Taylor Swift.

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Social Engineering – How to Scam Your Way into Anything

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Carmelo

A great video by Brian Brushwood, from Scam School, on Social Engineering. The video quotes the following books:

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Social Engineering Fraud by Chubb Insurance

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Carmelo

A great little video on Social Engineering fraud.

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Embed HTML Web App for Social Engineering Attack

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Carmelo

In this video, Armitage shows how to create a tiny web application that can be hosted that will allow a user to install a beacon. Once the beacon is installed, numerous bad things can happen as you can see in … Continue reading →

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Video on “What is a Social Engineer?”

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Carmelo

Here is a nice primer video I found on social engineering. Yes, it’s basic, but we always start with the basics before we get into the advanced!

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It’s National CyberSecurity Awareness Month

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Carmelo

Learn about potential extreme hackerness from an extreme, fictional story. The hacker uses social engineering tactics and hacks into many things in Pierce Brosnan’s character, Mike Regan’s life and tries to ruin every aspect of his life. It’s a crazy … Continue reading →

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