Keen to the importance of not simply clicking on any email I receive in my inbox, I recently received a message with a subject line I could not resist: “Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training.” For ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is offering new cybersecurity short courses in social engineering and digital forensics as part of a growing suite of offerings through the Purdue Polytechnic ...
How AI-assisted social engineering attacks might evolve, and how cybersecurity could, and perhaps should, adapt to meet the ...
Social engineering is the very common practice of exploiting a human element to initiate and/or execute a cyberattack. Human weakness and ignorance present such easy targets that fully 82% of the ...
In the two preceding columns, John Orlando discussed the ethical dimensions of social engineering in penetration testing. Today I want to look at how to use social engineering effectively for ...
Social-Engineer LLC is proud to celebrate its fifteenth year of success in the information security (InfoSec) industry. Founded in 2010 by CEO Christopher Hadnagy, the company specializes in applying ...
When was the last time you had to threaten to shoot an unauthorized executive who was demanding access to a secure area? Read on for a real-life story and an important lesson on effective security ...