Hacking Humans

The name of a wireless access point.CyberWire Glossary link.Audio reference link: SSID Management - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 1.5, Professor Messer, uploaded August 3rd, 2014.

Guest Eric Levine, Co-founder and CEO at Berbix, joins Dave to discuss identity fraud. Dave and Joe share comments from listener Chris on a series of SMS messages he got from "Wells Fargo." Joe's story previews what is coming for social engineering attacks in 2023 and how to prepare to improve your safety online, while Dave's story is about sextortion scammers in rural India and how they are blackmailing victims. Our catch of the day comes from listener George who's been receiving a lot of scam messages via WhatsApp and how he played along with one of them.Links to stories: Social Engineering Attacks: Preparing for What’s Coming in 2023 The sextortion scammers of rural India 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.

A U.S. Government specification for data encryption using an asymmetric key algorithm.CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/advanced-encryption-standardAudio reference link: papadoc73. “Claude Debussy: Clair De Lune.” YouTube, YouTube, 6 Oct. 2008. 

Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds.On this episode, Dave and Rick are joined by guest contributor Amanda Fennell. You can find Amanda on Twitter at @Chi_from_afar.Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie Zombieland Rick's clip from the movie Traveller Amanda's clip from the movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the CyberWire and our friends! Enjoy our rendition of the 12 Days of Malware created by Dave Bittner and performed by Dave and friends: Rachel Tobac, Jayson Street, Ron Eddings & Chris Cochran, Ray [Redacted], Dinah Davis, Camille Stewart, Rick Howard, Michelle Dennedy, Jack Rhysider, Johannes Ullrich, and Charity Wright. Ba dum bum bum. Sing along if you are game! Check out our video for the full effect!The 12 Days of Malware lyricsOn the first day of Christmas, my malware gave to me:A keylogger logging my keys.On the second day of Christmas, my malware gave to me:2 Trojan Apps...And a keylogger logging my keys.On the third day of Christmas, my malware gave to me:3 Web shells...2 Trojan Apps...And a keylogger logging my keys.On the fourth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me:4 Crypto scams...3 Web shells...2 Trojan Apps...And a keylogger logging my keys.On the fifth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me:5 Zero Days!4 Crypto scams...3 Web shells...2 Trojan Apps...And a keylogger logging my keys.On the sixth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me:6 Passwords spraying...5 Zero Days!4 Crypto scams...3 Web shells...2 Trojan Apps...And a keylogger logging my keys.On the seventh day of Christmas, my malware gave to me:7 Scripts a scraping...6 Passwords spraying...5 Zero Days!4 Crypto scams...3 Web shells...2 Trojan Apps...And a keylogger logging my keys.On the eighth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me:8 Worms a wiping...7 Scripts a scraping...6 Passwords spraying...5 Zero Days!4 Crypto scams...3 Web shells...2 Trojan Apps...And a keylogger logging my keys.On the ninth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me:9 Rootkits rooting...8 Worms a wiping...7 Scripts a scraping...6 Passwords spraying...5 Zero Days!4 Crypto scams...3 Web shells...2 Trojan Apps...And a keylogger logging my keys.On the tenth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me:10 Darknet markets...9 Rootkits rooting...8 Worms a wiping...7 Scripts a scraping...6 Passwords spraying...5 Zero Days! (Bah-dum-dum-dum!)4 Crypto scams...3 Web shells...2 Trojan Apps...And a keylogger logging my keys.On the eleventh day of Christmas, my malware gave to me:11 Phishers phishing...10 Darknet markets...9 Rootkits rooting...8 Worms a wiping...7 Scripts a scraping...6 Passwords spraying...5 Zero Days! (Bah-dum-dum-dum!)4 Crypto scams...3 Web shells...2 Trojan Apps...And a keylogger logging my keys.On the twelfth day of Christmas, my malware gave to me:12 Hackers hacking...11 Phishers phishing...10 Darknet markets...9 Rootkits rooting...8 Worms a wiping...7 Scripts a scraping...6 Passwords spraying...5 Zero Days!4 Crypto scams...3 Web shells...2 Trojan Apps...And a keylogger logging my keys.

This week, Carole Theriault sits down to interview Dr. Jessica Barker from Cygenta to discuss the latest Instagram scams and how to avoid them. Dave and Joe share some follow-up on Apple, why they are being sued, and how you can protect yourself, as well as a new USPS scam affecting Connecticut. Dave's story follows a message board on smartphones being stolen and what happens after the thieves obtain the stolen phone. Joe's story is on a complex scam where the scammers choose ambitious individuals to turn into the scammers. Our catch of the day comes from listener Jay, who writes in, sharing a LinkedIn post from Dave Harland about him messing with a scammer trying to bamboozle him.Links to stories: USPS text scam hits Connecticut residents What happens to your smartphone when it gets stolen? Dreamers say father and son lured them to scam artist LinkedIn scammer thread 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.

A set of tools designed to safeguard data while in use in motion and at rest. CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/data-loss-preventionAudio reference link: HistoryHeard. “Data Loss Prevention - CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 - 2.1,” Professor Messer, uploaded 20 November 2017

Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds.On this episode, Dave and Rick are joined once again by Tracy Maleeff, security researcher at the Krebs Stamos Group. You may also know Tracy on Twitter as infosecsherpa.Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Rick's clip from the movie Criminal Tracy's clip from the movie The Talented Mr. Ripley

Kaspars Ruklis, the Program Manager for Media Literacy from IREX sits down with Dave to talk about the very verified media literacy program. Dave and Joe share some listener followup on some of the business' common language, this week, listener Vicki asks about the term "EULA" and what it stands for. Joe's story follows a scam that is particularly alarming around the holiday's, about fake barcodes on gift cards. A former police officer found this scam as she was trying to check out with a gift card and the cashier pulled off a fake barcode. Dave's story is all about scammers who are getting scammed. The story follows cybercriminals who are using hacking forums to buy software exploits and stolen login details and how they keep falling for cons and are getting ripped off thousands of dollars. Our catch of the day comes from listener Connor who shares an email that is so suspicious, Gmail put a warning on it. It's a very interesting email explaining that the receiver has been hacked and the scammer requires $1200 in bitcoin to not take advantage of the receivers accounts.Links to stories: HOW TO AVOID GIFT CARD SCAMS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON Scammers Are Scamming Other Scammers Out of Millions of Dollars Very Verified program 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.

A system that translates text-based URLs to their underlying numerical IP addresses.CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/domain-name-system-dnsAudio reference link: HistoryHeard. “History Heard: Paul Mockapetris.” YouTube, YouTube, 5 Apr. 2009.