Hacking Humans

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Never think of security as a destination. Jul 23, 2020

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Dave talks about gift card scams associated with YouTube live streams, Joe's story is about a scam impersonating Canadian hospital staff, The Catch of the Day is phish impersonating a small game developer going after podcasters, and later in the show, Dave's conversation with Richard Torres from Syntax on phishing attacks increasing 350% during COVID-19.

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Catch of the Day:

Cellar Door Games impersonation

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A little dose of skepticism. Jul 16, 2020

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We have some listener follow-up sharing dnstwister.report site, Dave has a story of consent phishing, Joe talks about calendar invite phishing, The Catch of the Day is a lazy money multiplying scam, and later in the show, Dave's conversation with Don MacLennan from Barracuda Networks on brand impersonation.

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Send me money so I know you are real. Jul 09, 2020

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We have some follow-up, and this time, Joe was not right, Dave's story is about poison-selling scam, Joe about an impersonation site, The Catch of the Day claims to be notice of a United Nations payment, and later in the show, Dave's conversation with Satnam Narang from Tenable on the increase of scams on Venmo, PayPal and Cash App on giveaways due to the opportunity provided by the economic fallout of COVID-19.

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Catch of the Day:

7 Spam Email Examples that Will Make You LOL

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Because they deserve the money! Jul 02, 2020

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Dave's story shows Macs are not immune, Joe talks about a dark place in his soul (aka survey scams), some listener follow-up saying Joe was right!, The Catch of the Day an advanced fee scam from the US government, and later in the show, Dave's conversation with Aviv Grafi from Votiro on a multistage attack using a zero day exploit to deliver a trojan relating to COVID-19 Stay at Home orders.

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Close in your pajamas. Jun 25, 2020

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Joe shares a different spin on ransom attacks, Dave has a story on phone number reuse, The Catch of the Day is a notice from British Gas (accent included), and later in the show, Dave's conversation with Stan Holland from Atlantic Bay Mortgage on their experience adapting to COVID-19.

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It can happen to anybody. Jun 18, 2020

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Dave shares a story of an attempt on his father's Verizon account, Joe has the story of an Amazon gift card phishing attempt, The Catch of the Day is a funny phishing email, and later in the show, Joe checks in with Kurtis Minder from GroupSense. They dig a little deeper into some of the topics Kurtis discussed in his previous appearance on our show.

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Multifactor Authentication Hacking is Getting Real

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Taking a selfie with your ID. Jun 11, 2020

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Joe talks about HROs (High Reliability Organizations), Dave has a scam on Upwork gigs, The Catch of the Day talks about giving a scammer the runaround, and later in the show our interview with Sanjay Gupta from Mitek on how cybercriminals are capitalizing on the recently-deceased and creating synthetic identities.

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The Unaddressed Gap in Cybersecurity: Human Performance

People who turned to Upwork to find freelance gigs say they've lost thousands of dollars to scams

Catch of the Day:

Person Tests Scammer’s Patience By Pretending To Be Not The Sharpest Tool In The Shed

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Seniors and millennials more alike than people think. Jun 04, 2020

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Dave has a ransomware story from inside a virtual machine, Joe talks phishing with Google firebase storage URLs, some listener follow-up, The Catch of the Day comes from Joe's daughter and "Apple", and later in the show our interview with Paige Schaffer from Generali Global Assistance on the digital habits of seniors and millennials and the latest scams.

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The ransomware that attacks you from inside a virtual machine

Phishing in a Bucket: Utilizing Google Firebase Storage

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HH Extra - Happy 100 shows! May 28, 2020

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We'd like to thank you, our dear listeners, for sticking with us and our podcast through thick and thin, bad accents and even worse ones, with this - a collection of some of our favorite Catch of the Day segments. From Australia to Brazil, Italy to the Oval Office, they're all here.

Here's to another 100 episodes.

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Wearing a mask in the Oval Office. May 28, 2020

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Joe shares his Classic Cons Part 3, Dave has an Apple device scam story, The Catch of the Day is your assassination heads-up, and later in the show our interview with Jonna Mendez, retired CIA intelligence officer and former Chief of Disguise.

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