Uncovering Sophisticated Social Engineering Tactics

Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris will be talking with Josh Brown and Rachel Jones, both from the Department of Homeland Security. They join us to discuss what Pig Butchering scams are and how we can protect ourselves. [March 18, 2024]

00:00 - Intro

00:18 - Intro Links:

-          Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/

-          Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/

-          Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/

-          Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/

-          Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb

-          CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/

-          innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/                                               

02:13 - Josh Brown & Rachel Jones Intro

02:52 - Why the Secret Service?

03:44 - Pig Butchering

05:47 - A Global Issue

06:40 - Same Scam, New Method

09:14 - The 12 Steps

13:53 - Pseudo Anonymous

15:13 - Point of Origin

15:38 - Real Money, Fake Return

18:33 - Making it Right!

19:46 - Call Your Local Agent

21:35 - Don't Know, Don't Answer

25:27 - Walk the Dog

27:44 - It Needs to Make Sense

29:58 - What’s Next?

31:25 - Global Concerns

34:30 - Book Recommendations

-          The Total Money Makeover- Dave Ramsey

-          Tracers in the Dark - Andy Greenberg

36:34 - Online Links

-          Website: www.secretservice.gov

-          Website: www.usajobs.gov

-          Email: CFTFSC@usss.dhs.gov

37:50 - Wrap Up & Outro

-          www.social-engineer.com

-          www.innocentlivesfoundation.org