Chris Hadnagy’s Official Statement
Social-Engineer.Org | | apology, DEF CON, empathy, General Social Engineer Blog, Hadnagy, social engineering
As many of you are aware, DEF CON recently announced that they were banning me from their conference. It’s important […] ... Read More
DEF CON 28 SEVillage Update
Social-Engineer.Org | | Amanda Marchuck, DEF COn 28, DEFCON Updates, human hacking conference, sectf, SECTF4KIDS, SECTF4Teens, SEVillage Update
Well, our dear friends, the time has come to actually say it out loud…”DEF CON has been cancelled”. We know, we can’t believe it either. With the announcement that DEF CON is going virtual this year many are excited to see how their favorite villages are going to participate. For ... Read More
The Human Hacking Conference: Year Alpha
It was early in 2019 that we started dropping hints we had something big in the works. The anticipation was high, when, in June, we made an exciting announcement. Social-Engineer.org along with Social-Engineer, LLC was going to put on their first ever, self-produced, conference; The SEVillage Presents: The Human Hacking ... Read More
SEVillage at DerbyCon 9.0
Social-Engineer.Org | | Chris Hadnagy, Dave Kennedy, David Kennedy, DERBYCON Updates, Event Updates, SEvillage, social engineer, social engineering
It’s DerbyCon 9.0, and we at Social-Engineer are incredibly grateful to have been a part of DerbyCon through our SEVillage, speaking opportunities, and trainings for the past 5 years. Speaking Catch Chris Hadnagy, (@humanhacker), present “Dynamic Risk Taking and Social Engineering,” on taking risks as part of being a social ... Read More
The Human Hacking Conference
Social-Engineer.Org | | body language, Chris Hadnagy, Event Updates, information gathering, nonverbal, OSINT, research, Robin Dreeke, SE attack, SE awareness, SE skills, sectf, SEvillage, social engineer
Once flagged by the FBI and the US banking industry as a potential national security threat, the Social Engineering Village (SEVillage) presents this unprecedented experience, The Human Hacking Conference, now considered a cornerstone educational event in the security industry and sought-out by America’s top corporations and law enforcement agencies. Founded ... Read More
Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 08 – Issue 111
Cyber Threats, Are You Trained to Deal with Them? As every year passes, the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve and along with that, the need for cyber security awareness training to deal with them increases. This past year was no different. The change is that ransomware declined, crypto-mining has ... Read More
Over the hill and through the woods… How to protect your safety and finances on Road Trips
Social-Engineer.Org | | card skimmers, crime, crime prevention., driving, Financial Fraud, financial safety, Fraud, gas pump skimming, protection, safety, social engineering, travel
‘Tis the season… the season of traveling, whether that be to your grandma’s house or other friends and family. To save a few bucks, families will often opt for a road trip over flying and, while Social-Engineer has discussed the possible perils to your personally identifiable information (PII) associated with ... Read More
The SEVillage at DerbyCon was…. AH-MAZING
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Let’s talk about it October brought Social-Engineer to the SEVillage at DerbyCon 8.0 – Evolution, SEORG’s final SEVillage for the year, and WOW, was it an AMAZING DerbyCon. Ryan and Colin arrived Tuesday to set up shop and stuff many padfolios to prepare for their OSINT class that ran over ... Read More
The SEVillage Wrap-up from DEF CON 26
Social-Engineer.Org | | black badge, Cipher Decoding, Competition, DC26, DEF CON, def con 26, DEFCON Updates, human hacker, ILF, information security competition, innocent lives foundation, las vegas, Lock Picking, Micro-Expression, MissionSE, MSI, OSINT, Paul Ekman, Ready Player One, SE, sectf, SECTF4KIDS, SECTF4Teens, seorg, SEPodcast, SEvillage, social engineer, social engineering, STEM, vishing
The Social-Engineer team is collectively wrapping up their annual post-DEF CON foggy state, unburying from their backlog, and reminiscing on the amazingness that was the SEVillage at DEF CON 26. Can we say “WOW?” This was the SEVillage’s biggest (and arguably best) year yet and, though it has taken a ... Read More
Cha-Ching! Zheng’s Datang Coin Ponzi Scheme
Social-Engineer.Org | | authority, Bitcoin, Cha-Ching! Zheng’s Datang Coin Ponzi Scheme, Charlie Shrem, Crytocurrency, Datang Coin, Dave Carlson, Don’t Let Your Knowledge Become Your Weakness, DTC Holding, Emotional Trigger, Evgeny Subbotin, General Social Engineer Blog, Pretexting, scam artist, social engineering, Social-proof, The Carefully Arranged and Detailed Scam, The More You Know; The Safer You’ll Be – Right?, Zheng
Charlie Shrem, age 11, invests early and makes millions in Bitcoin! Dave Carlson makes $8 million per month in Bitcoin! Inspired by these and other true-life stories, some have felt that with the right timing, they too can get in early and become the next cryptocurrency millionaire. After all, if ... Read More