Hacking Humans

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Do you really want that device to be a connected device? Dec 02, 2021

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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.

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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.

vulnerability management (noun) [Word Notes] Nov 30, 2021

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

Misdirection and layering with a con in the middle. [Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies] Nov 25, 2021

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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"

software bill of materials (SBOM) (noun) [Word Notes] Nov 23, 2021

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

A good amount of skepticism helps protect you online. Nov 18, 2021

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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.

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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.

zero trust (noun) [Word Notes] Nov 16, 2021

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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.

Let's go to the movies. [Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies] Nov 11, 2021

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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"

OT security (noun) [Word Notes] Nov 09, 2021

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

Cybersecurity awareness should be a year-round activity. Nov 04, 2021

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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.

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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.

cybersecurity skills gap (noun) [Word Notes] Nov 02, 2021

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

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