Easy Prey20 Maalis 2024

Hacker Tactics with John Hammond

The tech world is ever-changing and it can be difficult to keep up. As businesses and individuals, it's important to remember to keep your software up to date and apply patches as they are released. Today's guest is John Hammond. John is a cybersecurity researcher, educator, and content creator. As part of the Adversary Tactics Teams at Huntress, John spends his days analyzing malware and making hackers earn their access. He is an online YouTube personality showcasing program tutorials, malware analysis, dark web threats, and other cybersecurity content.

Show Notes:

[1:01] - John shares his role at Huntress and his side work as a YouTuber that creates content to help educate people about cybersecurity.
[2:26] - John explains how he found himself in cybersecurity as a career.
[4:10] - He hasn't been a victim of a scam, but in his pursuit of catching hackers in the act, he has certainly been a target.
[5:25] - What is doxxing and how can someone track down your information?
[7:23] - When popular software is compromised, it is a really big deal.
[9:22] - There's a balance between companies releasing information about a threat and that information causing more damage.
[13:17] - It is so important to update software and patch right away.
[15:22] - Consumers are not always on the lookout for patches and updates. It's crucial for companies to relay this information.
[17:49] - One tactic for hackers is the use of remote software to access devices.
[19:37] - It is best practice to not allow anyone to use your computer.
[21:28] - Since 2020, there has been an increase in people working from home, which means that company devices are now out of their safety and control.
[23:54] - John describes the People's Call Center collaboration and the mission of bringing the fight back to scammers.
[25:28] - John explains some of the tricks he has used to social engineer the scammers right back.
[29:43] - The experience of keeping someone from being scammed or even just making a scammer's life more difficult was rewarding for John.
[31:09] - What is the dark web?
[35:09] - John shares why he interacts on the dark web to research and learn how threat actors operate.
[39:02] - By researching on the dark web, John has learned a lot about how cybercriminals work and think.
[41:01] - Some of the ways cybercriminals work are better and more successful than some legitimate businesses and startups.

Thanks for joining us on Easy Prey. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave a nice review.

Links and Resources:

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(329)

Job Recruiter Scams

Job hunting is hard enough without having to stop and ask whether the recruiter in your inbox is even real. My guest today, Jay Jones, ran into that problem firsthand after being laid off in December ...

24 Kesä 35min

Bail Bonds Scams

Getting a call that someone you love has been arrested is scary enough. Getting that call from someone who sounds official, knows just enough to seem credible, and says you have to send money right aw...

17 Kesä 36min

Confessions of a Fraudster

Technology keeps changing, but many of the most effective scams still come down to something very human: trust. My guest today is Tony Sales, co-founder of We Fight Fincrime and Underworld TV. Tony ha...

10 Kesä 54min

Personal Safety

Scams and safety threats don't always announce themselves. Sometimes they start quietly, with a moment of distraction, a strange feeling you ignore, or a situation that shifts just enough to test whet...

3 Kesä 43min

Data For Sale

Everyday conveniences ask for tiny pieces of information all the time like a phone number at checkout, a zip code at the register, an email address for a receipt, or a loyalty account for a small disc...

27 Touko 43min

Exploiting Psychology

Scams are often explained as a failure of judgment, but the truth is far more human. People are not fooled because they are foolish. They are manipulated at the exact moment emotion overrides logic, w...

20 Touko 45min

Investment Traps

Investment losses can be confusing because they do not always tell the whole story. Sometimes money is lost because the market has changed. Other times, an investor was sold something they did not und...

13 Touko 47min

Elder Exploitation

Aging parents often rely on the people closest to them for help, but what happens when that help becomes a way to take control? For Charles Wallace, the warning signs started small. His mother's fridg...

6 Touko 39min