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Podcast Episode 12 – Advocating for Hackers with Chloe Messdaghi
Chloe Messdaghi, VP of Strategy at Point3, advocate and activist joins the show to explain common misconceptions about the hacking community and how we can do better to combat those stigmas. She ...
Dealing with Guilt as a Social Engineer
Are you new to the field of social engineering? Or does this career interest you? If so, dealing with guilt as a social engineer will be something you will need ...
Which Industries Are the Biggest Security Targets?
How is your industry faring in the cyberwar we all seem to find ourselves in? Business and security leaders the world over face the same dilemma: as they increase investment in sophisticated ...
Managing Your Vishing Defenses at Home
During the past 6 years at Social-Engineer, LLC (SECOM) we’ve made over 45,000 calls to companies all over the world. Banks, startups, tech firms, pharmaceutical companies, defense contractors, and many other organizations ...
The Human Hacking Conference 2021: Plan to be Amazed!
The Human Hacking Conference (HHC) is a cornerstone educational event where you receive expert training on how to hack thoughts, actions, and the people around you. In our June blog we're introducing ...
My First Onsite Social Engineering Engagement: Pretenders, Assemble!
Colin Hadnagy explains how valuable lessons he's learned over the past 5 years with Social-Engineer LLC (SECOM) were made real, very real in his first onsite social engineering engagement. Now that you’re ...
My First Pen-Testing Onsite Social Engineering Engagement
Shelby Dacko recently participated in her first pen-testing onsite social engineering engagement. In the 3rd installment of our 4-part series, Shelby shares key lessons she learned from her team and advice so ...
Breaking in for NOOBZ!: Social Engineering Onsite Infiltration
Curt Klump found himself standing in a server closet in a building’s network operations center (NOC), with an official employee escort. This is just one of the highlights of his first social ...
An Inside Look at a Week in the Life of a Social Engineer
Recently, we sent 4 of our employees on an on-site social engineering engagement. We asked them to blog about their experience, tips and tricks, and lessons that they learned with our readers ...
7 Linux Distros for Security Testing
Linux is often talked about when it comes to security. With this OS, you can choose from a multitude of distributions (distros) to lock down your computer or device, but that’s just ...
