EPISODE · Mar 31, 2011 · 1H 11M
TA26 – Social Engineering
from Talking Anthropology · host Thomas Lohninger
This episode focus on a phenomenon called social engineering. This form of hacking deals with the highest layer in IT-Security, the human being, also known as “user”. I spoke with logan from the social-egnineer podcast about his work as a penetration tester, the risks of social media and social proof. topics: • penetration testing and security audits • history of social engineering • risk of social media exploitation • stay secure through paranoia, education and responsible usage • history of logan • NLP, NHR and Mikroexpressions • science in the field of Social engineering links: • Social-Engineer.org (including resources and podcast) • Book Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Social-Engineering-Art-Human-Hacking/dp/0470639539/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301324145&sr=8-1 • Homepage of the book Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking http://www.social-engineer.com/ • WP: Social Engineering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security) • WP: NLP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming • WP: NHR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro_Hypnotic_Repatterning • WP: Framing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(social_sciences) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_effect_(psychology) • Blippy - Tool to announce your credit card purchases http://blippy.com/ • Creepy - Tool to analyse gps data in Fotos http://ilektrojohn.github.com/creepy/ • Newsletter with the social engineering report on a blippy user http://www.social-engineer.org/newsletter/SocialEngineerNewsletterVol02Is06.html • Report about Social Engineering on DefCon18 http://www.social-engineer.org/resources/sectf/Social-Engineer_CTF_Report.pdf • WP: Mikro Expression http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microexpression • WP: Joe Navarro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Navarro • homepage of Joe Navarro http://www.jnforensics.com/ • Great Acting Class DVD http://www.amazon.com/Uta-Hagens-Acting-Class-DVDs/dp/B0001Z3IHG
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This episode focus on a phenomenon called social engineering. This form of hacking deals with the highest layer in IT-Security, the human being, also known as “user”. I spoke with logan from the social-egnineer podcast about his work as a penetration tester, the risks of social media and social proof. topics: • penetration testing and security audits • history of social engineering • risk of social media exploitation • stay secure through paranoia, education and responsible usage • history of logan • NLP, NHR and Mikroexpressions • science in the field of Social engineering links: • Social-Engineer.org (including resources and podcast) • Book Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Social-Engineering-Art-Human-Hacking/dp/0470639539/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301324145&sr=8-1 • Homepage of the book Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking http://www.social-engineer.com/ • WP: Social Engineering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security) • WP: NLP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming • WP: NHR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro_Hypnotic_Repatterning • WP: Framing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(social_sciences) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_effect_(psychology) • Blippy - Tool to announce your credit card purchases http://blippy.com/ • Creepy - Tool to analyse gps data in Fotos http://ilektrojohn.github.com/creepy/ • Newsletter with the social engineering report on a blippy user http://www.social-engineer.org/newsletter/SocialEngineerNewsletterVol02Is06.html • Report about Social Engineering on DefCon18 http://www.social-engineer.org/resources/sectf/Social-Engineer_CTF_Report.pdf • WP: Mikro Expression http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microexpression • WP: Joe Navarro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Navarro • homepage of Joe Navarro http://www.jnforensics.com/ • Great Acting Class DVD http://www.amazon.com/Uta-Hagens-Acting-Class-DVDs/dp/B0001Z3IHG
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