Human Beings: The most easily exploitable aspect of security
Phone number theft is more possible – and prevalent – than you might think. Hackers are deploying attacks known as SIM swap attacks and the damage might be more than you would expect. This article discusses everything you need to know about SIM swap fraud and how to better protect yourself. The SIM card inside …
Organizations spend ridiculous amounts of money to protect their network and data. They are constantly implementing the newest technology to stay a step ahead of malicious attackers. But malicious attackers know this. Why would they spend hours-on-end trying to circumvent these barriers when all they have to do is deploy a social engineering-based attack and …
Part 2 of 2. You can find Part 1 Here. Synchronizing Body Language If you happened to read my three-part series titled, “The Initial Ninety” then you know that body language accounts for 55% of our communication. Synchronizing body language is actually not that tough. It takes a higher awareness and attention to detail, and …
Continue reading “Birds of a Feather Flock Together: Part 2”
Part 1 of 2. Synchronicity People hire people like themselves. People buy from people like themselves. People date people like themselves. People like people like themselves. People are comfortable with people like themselves. “We learn our life skills through guidance and rapport with others. As we continually pick up signals from our parents, peers, teachers, …
Part 3 of a three part series. If you happened to miss part 1 find it here. If you happened to miss part 2 find it here. Information gained from Nicholas Boothman’s, “How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less.” Establishing Rapport Whether you’re trying to have another oblige to your requests, …
Part two of a three part series. If you happened to miss Part 1, find it here. Information gained from Nicholas Boothman’s, “How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less.” The Greeting As a social engineer, we tend to call the initial few seconds of contact “the bump”. But let’s switch that …
Part one of a three part series. Information gained from Nicholas Boothman’s, “How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less.” There are three main parts to connecting with other people: meeting, establishing rapport, and communicating. There is no set start and stop to each, and you will not think to yourself that …
Social media nowadays allows total strangers to know exactly what is going on in people’s lives. We post our children’s birthdays, our relationship status, when/where we vacation, our birthdays, our phone numbers, our email addresses.. the list goes on and on. All of this information can and will be used by malicious attackers during a …
What social engineer doesn’t love some good old fashion reconnaissance? As a social engineer, this initial stage of information gathering will make or break most engagements. As an Information Security Officer tasked with the job of keeping your organization safe and secure, it is important to understand just what malicious hackers are doing in order …
More and more often hackers are relying on exploiting the human aspect of security to gain access to their targets through social engineering type attacks (e.g., phone, phishing, in-person, etc.). With strong firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and tools like security incident and event management (SIEM), you are seeing an increase in attacks that are targeting …