Hacking Humans

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SaaS (noun) [Word Notes] May 18, 2021

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A cloud-based software distribution method where app infrastructure, performance, and security are maintained by a service provider and accessible to users, typically via subscription, from any device connected to the internet.

How to best fight fake news. May 13, 2021

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Guest Helen Lee Bouygues of the Reboot Foundation joins Dave to talk about social media’s effect within the misinformation ecosystem and how users can best fight fake news, Dave and Joe share some follow-up from listener Jonathan on two-factor authentication, Joe's story is about an employee in Scotland sued for making payments based on phishing emails, Dave has a story about fake order confirmation phishing messages prompting us to call rather than click, our Catch of the Day comes from a listener named Wyatt who received a phishing email from some fellow jackpot winners.

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decryption (noun) [Word Notes] May 11, 2021

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A process of converting encrypted data into something that a human or computer can understand.

Digital identities are at the core of recent breaches. May 06, 2021

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Our UK correspondent Carole Theriault returns to share her interview with Julie Smith from the Security Alliance and Kelvin Coleman from National Cyber Security Alliance about Identity Management Day, Dave's story is about how Pixar uses colors to hack our moods and minds to see colors we've never seen before, Joe has a story about ways malicious actors can break into accounts with multi-factor authentication enabled, our Catch of the Day comes from a listener named Brett who works in a PC repair shop and "HackerDont'comebacker" software.

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brute-force attack (noun) [Word Notes] May 04, 2021

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A cryptographic hack that relies on guessing all possible letter combinations of a targeted password until the correct codeword is discovered.

Anyone can be a target of romance scams. Apr 29, 2021

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Guest Stacey Nash, Head of Fraud and Central Operations at USAA, joins Dave to discuss romance or sweetheart scams, Joe and Dave share some listener follow-up, Joe's got a story about emails sent to British awards organizers asking them to transfer prize money to a PayPal account, Dave's story is about a Rolling Stones tribute band targeted in a bogus check racket, and our Catch of the Day comes from a listener named Konstantin about a fake tax refund.

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denial-of-service attack (noun) [Word Notes] Apr 27, 2021

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A cyber attack designed to impair or eliminate access to online services or data.

Make systems to mitigate the mistakes. Apr 22, 2021

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Guest Margaret Cunningham from Forcepoint talks with Dave about cognitive biases that lead to reasoning errors in cybersecurity, Joe shares some follow-up from a listener named Alex about the Alexa phone call Joe mentioned a few episodes back, Dave shares a note from listener Brandon about finding similar DNS names (check out https://dnstwister.report/), Dave's story is about dark patterns to get you to do something on a website, Joe shares a story phishing emails and defenses against them, and our Catch of the Day comes from a listener named Big Mike about an old time radio podcast he heard recently with great examples of social engineering.

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cold boot attack (noun) [Word Notes] Apr 20, 2021

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A type of side channel attack in which an attacker with physical access to a computer performs a memory dump of a computer’s Random Access Memory or RAM during the reboot process in order to steal sensitive data.

Being aware can go a long way to prevent attacks. Apr 15, 2021

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Guest Herb Stapleton, the FBI’s cyber division sector chief, joins Dave to talk about the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) annual report and its findings, Joe's story is about an ongoing IRS impersonation scam targeting educational organizations, Dave shares a story from the BBC about people using their pets names as passwords (tell us that hasn't crossed your mind or your keyboard before), and our Catch of the Day comes from the Land Down Under via Gareth and Kingsley. COTD note: Just to be clear their jurisdiction is a single party consent jurisdiction.

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