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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 ...
Healthcare: Elite Data
The healthcare industry is overwhelmingly reliant on internet-connected devices as solutions. There’s no doubt some of those devices advance patient care and even critical response. Healthcare possesses elite data making ...
Advanced Practical Social Engineering: A Practical Course in a Virtual World
Much of social engineering takes place via technology—phishing and vishing (voice phishing) being prime examples. However, holding a social engineering class virtually was not something Social-Engineer, LLC took lightly. Our ...
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 ...
Overcome the Impostor Syndrome
Have you ever felt like you don’t deserve to be where you are professionally? Studies show that an estimated 70% of people have experienced Impostor Syndrome at one time in their life ...
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 ...
