Hacking Humans14 Joulu 2023

Shielding your inbox.

Seth Blank, CTO of Valimail, joins to discuss the implications on email security on behalf of DMARC. Joe and Dave share some follow up regarding Meta, who is the parent company to Facebook and Instagram, and how they are now in a lawsuit over steering predators to children in New Mexico. Joe shares how he was almost hacked, as scammers used Peacock to lure him in. Dave's story continues with popular streaming apps being impersonated, this time with Disney+ falling victim. Joe's story follows the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI, and State and Local Law Enforcement Officials sharing another "Don't click December" PSA. Our catch of the day comes from listener Mauricio, who writes in sharing a phishing email, from "PayPal," saying he has an invoice of almost $600. Links to the stories: Facebook and Instagram Steer Predators to Children, New Mexico Attorney General Alleges in Lawsuit Threat actors impersonate Disney+ with considerable guile U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI, and State and Local Law Enforcement Officials Release Second “Don’t Click December” PSA Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com.

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SaaS (noun) [Word Notes]

A cloud-based software distribution method where app infrastructure, performance, and security are maintained by a service provider and accessible to users, typically via subscription, from any device...

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How to best fight fake news.

Guest Helen Lee Bouygues of the Reboot Foundation joins Dave to talk about social media’s effect within the misinformation ecosystem and how users can best fight fake news, Dave and Joe share some fol...

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decryption (noun) [Word Notes]

A process of converting encrypted data into something that a human or computer can understand.

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Digital identities are at the core of recent breaches.

Our UK correspondent Carole Theriault returns to share her interview with Julie Smith from the Security Alliance and Kelvin Coleman from National Cyber Security Alliance about Identity Management Day,...

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brute-force attack (noun) [Word Notes]

A cryptographic hack that relies on guessing all possible letter combinations of a targeted password until the correct codeword is discovered.

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Anyone can be a target of romance scams.

Guest Stacey Nash, Head of Fraud and Central Operations at USAA, joins Dave to discuss romance or sweetheart scams, Joe and Dave share some listener follow-up, Joe's got a story about emails sent to B...

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denial-of-service attack (noun) [Word Notes]

A cyber attack designed to impair or eliminate access to online services or data.

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Make systems to mitigate the mistakes.

Guest Margaret Cunningham from Forcepoint talks with Dave about cognitive biases that lead to reasoning errors in cybersecurity, Joe shares some follow-up from a listener named Alex about the Alexa ph...

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