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Influence Techniques in Everyday Life: Sales
Social-Engineer | | authority, influence techniques, Liking, Newsletter, pretext, sales, salesperson, scarcity, social engineering
People in many different professions use social engineering as a tool in everyday life. In the case of sales, social […] ...

My Experience in APSE
Social-Engineer | | APSE, elicitation, Newsletter, pretext, rapport, rosa rowles, SEvillage, social engineering
Rosa Rowles, Human Analyst and professional visher describes how the APSE training course helped her grow professionally ...

Pick Your Vishing Avatar
Social-Engineer | | artificial time constraints, authority, ego suspension, Newsletter, non-judgmental validation, pretext, rapport building, social engineering, vishing
In our September newsletter two professional vishers explain their own unique approach and how they learn from each other ...

The Power in a Good Pretext
Learn about the power of a good pretext and how to use it in work and your everyday life ...

Targeted Attacks Part 3 – The Exploit
Tom Eston | | attacks, Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Exploit, Exploits, Malware, Monthly Edition, Phishing, Podcast, pretext, Privacy, social engineering, Targeted attacks
In our October monthly episode we finish our three part series on targeted attacks. In this episode we discuss the exploit and malware analysis with special guest Tyler Hudak, Incident Response Practice ...

Targeted Attacks Part 2 – Pretexting and Attack Development
Tom Eston | | attacks, Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, Episodes, GoPhish, Monthly Edition, Phishing, Podcast, pretext, Privacy, social engineering, Targeted attacks
In our September monthly episode we continue our three part series on targeted attack. In this episode we discuss the pretext and how attackers develop and launch their attacks with special guests ...

Is It Legit to Use Fear as Part of My Pretext?
Social-Engineer | | amygdala, chef, fear, FUD, Gordon Ramsay, Hadnagy, impersonation, mantra, motto, Phish, pretext, Psychological principles, SMSh, social engineer, vish
One question I get asked often is, “Chris, isn’t it legit to use fear as part of my pretext in a social engineering exercise? I mean, after all, the bad guys are ...