Ep. 260 - The SE ETC Series - Suffering Through a Romance Scam with Nadja El Fertasi REPLAY

Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Ryan and I are joined by Stuart Archer. Stuart is a dynamic health care leader with a proven track record of quality improvement, growth and innovation. He began his health care career at the bedside as a nurse's aide, building within him a laser-like focus on a patient-first care model and building teams guided by empathy and compassion. He took the helm at Oceans Healthcare in 2015 and has since shepherded in a period of unprecedented improvement and growth. Oceans is now an industry leader, among very few behavioral health providers to implement much-needed quality benchmarking tools like patient depression and anxiety questionnaires and implementing a companywide electronic medical records system. Oceans has earned numerous awards, including being named one of the Inc. 5000's fastest-growing companies in America for six consecutive years. Mr. Archer is an at-large board member of the National Association of Behavioral Healthcare, was named the 2021 D CEO Magazine Outstanding Healthcare Executive and earned the 2018 EY's Entrepreneur of the Year in Healthcare award for the Southwest region. [Nov 20, 2023] 00:00 - Intro 00:20 - Ryan Intro 00:56 - Intro Links: - Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/ - Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/ - Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/ - Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/ - Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb - CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/ - innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/ 04:00 - Stuart Archer Intro - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/stuartlarcher/ 06:12 - The Path to Empathy 09:29 - Building a Better Team 13:06 - Corporate Level Introspection 15:15 - Prepare for the Hurricane 18:12 - It Can't Happen To Me 19:38 - Know Your Audience 23:58 - Gone Phishin' 26:18 - Ideal Behavior 31:33 - Advice for an Empathetic Culture 34:09 - Book Recommendations - And There Was Light - Jon Meacham - Raven Rock - Garrett Graff 35:46 – Mentors - Mother 37:07 - Wrap Up & Outro - www.social-engineer.com - www.innocentlivesfoundation.org

20 Nov 202337min

Today we are joined by Laura Casselman. Laura is the CEO of JVZoo.com and co-founder of Vidastreet LLC. Laura climbed the corporate ladder by mastering the rules of the "old boys club." More often than not, she beat them at their own game. She's been published in Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur, and her book, Trust Your Increments, is a Wall Street Journal Best Seller. Laura's companies have also been featured on the Inc. 5000's list of America's Fastest Growing Companies four times. [Nov 13, 2023] 00:00 - Intro 00:21 - Intro Links - Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/ - Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/ - Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/ - Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/ - Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb - CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/ - innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/ 03:48 - Laura Casselman Intro 04:30 - From the Stage to the Boardroom 05:24 - Time to Run a Company 07:28 - Plan to Pivot 08:48 - Fire Yourself 09:41 - Room to Grow 12:19 - Respect is Natural 14:29 - Let Them Know 18:23 - Time to Move On 19:45 - Setting an Example 22:04 - Change Your Mind 27:20 - Your Companies - JVZoo - VidaStreet 29:04 - Your Book - Trust Your Increments - Laura Casselman 31:11 - Mentors - Parents 32:06 - Book Recommendations - With Winning in Mind - Lanny Bassham - Winning the Moment - Cody Adent 35:53 - Find Laura Casselman online - Instagram: @thelauracasselman - Website: lauracasselman.com 36:10 - Guest Wrap Up & Outro - www.social-engineer.com - www.innocentlivesfoundation.org

13 Nov 202336min

Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology. In today's episode, Dr. Abbie is being joined by Erin Gray. Erin is an internationally known actress, 70's super model and now founder of 'Heroes for Hire', a company representing celebrities for personal appearances worldwide. Erin went from being one of the original Sports Illustrated models, Breck Girls, Maxi Girl and the Bloomingdales spokesperson for ten years to being the lead actress in the feature film and TV series 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century', quickly followed by NBC's 'Silver Spoons' for 5 years. In addition, Erin has over 50 TV credits beginning at 17 with 'Malibu U', a musical variety show starring Ricky Nelson, to 'Magnum PI', 'Law and Order', 'Hunter', 'Baywatch', 'Profiler', etc. plus two dozen feature films such as 'Six Pack' with Kenny Rogers, 'Friday the 13th: Jason Goes to Hell' and 'Dreams Awake'. Erin is the recipient of eleven community service awards, including The Leadership Award by the County of LA, the 2002 Woman of the Year Award presented by the Los Angeles Commission for Women, and most recently two Lifetime Achievement Awards and best actress in a feature film at the Monaco Film Festival for her performance in 'Dreams Awake' and best actress in The 2020 Golden State Film Festival in 'The Piano Teacher". Erin is currently on the Board of Directors for the Innocent Lives Foundation, protecting women and children from human traffickers and pedophiles and bringing them to justice. [Nov 6, 2023] 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Intro Links - Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/ - Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/ - Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/ - Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/ - Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb - CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/ - innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/ 03:26 - Erin Gray Intro 05:32 - The Topic of the Day: Mind-Body-Connect 08:42 - Smile Within 12:19 - It's All in the Mind 14:36 - Out of the Woods 18:37 - Standing Like a Model 20:01 - Emotional Contagion 21:43 - Finding Balance 25:41 - Maintaining Flexibility 29:34 - Seeing is Believing 31:17 - Self Trust 34:32 - The Gift of Integrity 37:46 - Integrity is Hard! 44:23 - More Than a Memory 46:24 - Where It Comes From 49:17 - Wrap Up & Outro - www.social-engineer.com - www.innocentlivesfoundation.org Find us online: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbiejmarono - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-abbie-maroño-phd-35ab2611a - Twitter: https://twitter.com/humanhacker - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy References: Neal, D. T., & Chartrand, T. L. (2011). Embodied emotion perception: Amplifying and dampening facial feedback modulates emotion perception accuracy. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2(6), 673-678. Strack, F., Martin, L. L., & Stepper, S. (1988). Inhibiting and facilitating conditions of the human smile: a nonobtrusive test of the facial feedback hypothesis. Journal of personality and social psychology, 54(5), 768. Davis, J. I., Senghas, A., & Ochsner, K. N. (2009). How does facial feedback modulate emotional experience?. Journal of research in personality, 43(5), 822-829. Buck, R. (1980). Nonverbal behavior and the theory of emotion: the facial feedback hypothesis. Journal of Personality and social Psychology, 38(5), 811. McIntosh, D. N. (1996). Facial feedback hypotheses: Evidence, implications, and directions. Motivation and emotion, 20, 121-147. Coles, N. A., Larsen, J. T., & Lench, H. C. (2019). A meta-analysis of the facial feedback literature: Effects of facial feedback on emotional experience are small and variable. Psychological bulletin, 145(6), 610. Kee, Y. H., Chatzisarantis, N. N., Kong, P. W., Chow, J. Y., & Chen, L. H. (2012). Mindfulness, movement control, and attentional focus strategies: effects of mindfulness on a postural balance task. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 34(5), 561-579. Samuel, G. (2015). The contemporary mindfulness movement and the question of nonself. Transcultural psychiatry, 52(4), 485-500. Nisbet, M. (2017). The mindfulness movement: How a Buddhist practice evolved into a scientific approach to life. Skeptical Inquirer, 41(3), 24-26. Kinser, P., Braun, S., Deeb, G., Carrico, C., & Dow, A. (2016). "Awareness is the first step": an interprofessional course on mindfulness & mindful-movement for healthcare professionals and students. Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 25, 18-25. Hicks, G. (2010). Confidence building with body language. In 101 Coaching Strategies and Techniques (pp. 103-105). Routledge. Gonçalves, M. (2020, April). Review of Body Language Posture, and an Exercise Called "Power Posing Challenge" to Improve One's Confidence. In 5th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2020) (pp. 147-149). Atlantis Press.

6 Nov 202351min

Today we are joined by Dr. Cortney S. Warren, a board-certified clinical psychologist and former tenured associate professor of psychology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Warren is an expert on addictions, self-deception, eating pathology, and the practice of psychotherapy from a cross-cultural perspective. With almost 50 peer reviewed journal articles, 7 book chapters, two books, and 75 professional presentations, Dr. Warren's work appears in some of the field's top journals. She has won some of the most prestigious awards in her field. In addition to publishing in scientific, peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Warren is passionate about bringing psychological research to the general public. She works as a research consultant, keynote speaker, and writes a blog for Psychology Today. This month, she published a self-help book on love addiction and breakups called Letting Go of Your Ex. [Feb 13, 2023] 00:00 – Intro 00:22 – Intro Links - Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/ - Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/ - Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/ - Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/ - Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb - CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/ - innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/ 04:01 - Dr. Cortney Warren Intro 05:51 - A Personal and Professional Merging of Experiences 07:41 - Freedom in the Hard Truth 09:43 - The Path from Honest Liars 11:54 - Core Struggle: Addictive Behaviors 15:09 - The War Inside Your Head 16:48 - Hold Up a Mirror 18:18 - The Role of Self Deception (In Love) 22:08 - Addicted to Love 24:40 - When the Honeymoon is Over 28:37 - Guided by Values 31:42 - The Importance of Alignment 34:10 - Leading By Example 36:06 - A Call for Compassion 38:49 - Find Dr. Cortney Warren online - Website: https://drcortney.com/ - LinkedIn: in/drcortney - Instagram: drcortneywarren - TikTok: @drcortneywarren - Twitter: @DrCortneyWarren - Psychology Today: Naked Truth Blog 40:09 - Who do you consider your greatest mentors? - Jaine Strauss - Nancy Raymond - David Gleaves - Antonio Cepeda-Benito 41:10 - My Grandmother: A Lesson in Resilience 44:09 - Book Recommendations - Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl - Up from Slavery - Booker T. Washington - Letting Go of Your Ex - Dr. Cortney Warren 46:08 - Guest Wrap Up 46:48 – Outro - www.social-engineer.com - www.innocentlivesfoundation.org

30 Okt 202347min

Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The SE Etc. Series. This series will be hosted by Chris Hadnagy, CEO of Social-Engineer LLC, and The Innocent Lives Foundation, as well as Social-Engineer.Org and The Institute for Social Engineering. Chris will be joined by his co-host Patrick Laverty as they discuss topics pertaining to the world of Social Engineering. [Oct 23, 2023] 00:00 - Intro 00:19 - Patrick Laverty Intro 01:10 - Intro Links - Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/ - Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/ - Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/ - Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/ - Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb - CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/ - innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/ 03:51 - Intro Chat: MGM Breach 11:30 - Todays Topic: Preparing for a Red Team or SE Teaming Job 12:44 - Team Colors 14:10 - Always OSINT 18:43 - Prepping for the Client 20:42 - Cold Open 22:11 - Law Enforcement 25:14 - Planning Goals 30:50 - It's the Little Things 33:46 - The Facade of Security 36:02 - Check the Backups 39:01 - Respect the Badge 41:32 - Using the Right Tools 45:40 - Wrap Up & Outro - www.social-engineer.com - www.innocentlivesfoundation.org 47:07 - Next Month: Online Scams Find us online - Chris Hadnagy - Twitter: @humanhacker - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy - Patrick Laverty - Twitter: @plaverty9 - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/plaverty9

23 Okt 202349min

Marc Ashworth is a respected IT executive with over 30 years of experience in cyber and physical security, IT/security architecture, project management, is an author and a public speaker. He is a board member of the St. Louis Chapter of InfraGard, Webster University Cyber Advisory board, Co-Founded the State of Cyber annual security conference, and a Lifetime member of FBI Citizens Academy, possessing security certifications in CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Security+ and other certifications. As the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at First Bank, Marc currently oversees First Bank's information security, fraud, physical security, and the network services departments. He is also the 2022 Cyber Defense Magazine winner of "Top 100 CISOs in the World." [Nov 21st, 2022] 00:00 – Intro 00:49 – Intro Links: - Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/ - Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/ - Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/ - Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/ - Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb - CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/ - innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/ 03:15 – Marc Ashworth Intro 05:17 – What was the path that led you to InfoSec? 07:41 – Cultivating good security practices 09:31 – Learning to "scale" your security 11:22 – The value of Strategic Thinking 13:40 – It's all in the presentation 15:25 – The importance of Customer Service 18:32 – The Art of Translation 21:32 – Small Wins 24:34 – Letters to a young CISO 26:20 – Don't avoid Pen Testing! 28:11 – Adopting a "Partnership" mindset 30:30 – Long line of influence 33:40 – Book Recommendations - We Are Legion (We Are Bob) – Dennis E. Taylor - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup – John Carreyrou - The Goals Program – Zig Ziglar - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey 36:14 – Find Marc Ashworth online - LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marcashworth/ 38:36 – Wrap Up 38:56 – Outro - www.social-engineer.com - www.innocentlivesfoundation.org

16 Okt 202339min

Today we are joined by Ryan McBeth. Ryan is a software architect, novelist, triathlete, and YouTuber. He makes videos on YouTube about Programming, Cybersecurity, OSINT and Military topics. Ryan spent 20 years as an anti-armor and heavy weapons infantryman with two overseas deployments. He also spent time performing C4ISR intelligence collection for various government customers and currently consults on intelligence collection and analysis methods. [Oct 9, 2023] 00:00 - Intro 00:22 - Intro Links - Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/ - Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/ - Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/ - Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/ - Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb - CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/ - innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/ 02:40 - Ryan McBeth Intro 03:17 - Military-Grade OSINT 06:14 - Propaganda 10:16 - Emotional Triggers 12:15 - Branding as Propaganda 19:12 - Modern Propaganda 21:57 - The Power of Agency 24:22 - The Product is You! 26:56 - The Fifth Domain 29:53 - Battlefield Shaping 33:58 - A Successful Campaign 36:14 - Deceptive Image Persuasion 41:54 - Mentors - Father 44:44 - Book Recommendations - The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' - Sidney Dekker 47:18 - Find Ryan McBeth online - Substack: ryanmcbeth.substack.com/ - YouTube: @RyanMcBethProgramming - Instagram: @therealryanmcbeth - Twitter: @ryanmcbeth - Website: ryanmcbeth.com 47:36 - Guest Wrap Up & Outro - www.social-engineer.com - www.innocentlivesfoundation.org

9 Okt 202348min

Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology. In today's episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing mimicry. What it is, its multiple forms, and why we do it. [Oct 2, 2023] 00:00 - Intro 00:17 - Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro 01:17 - Intro Links - Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/ - Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/ - Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/ - Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/ - Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb - CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/ - innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/ 07:45 - The Topic of the Day: Mimicry 08:04 - A Definition 09:04 - Building Relationships 10:35 - The Downside of Mimicry 12:31 - Accidental Mimicking 14:25 - A Need to Belong 17:14 - Emotional Mimicry 21:01 - Misinterpretation 23:11 - Reverse-Engineering Emotions 26:22 - 3rd Party Perspective 29:40 - Reading the Relationship 32:08 - Timing is Everything 34:58 - Fundamentals 40:17 - Wrap Up 43:06 - Next Month: Music and the Senses 43:28 - Outro - www.social-engineer.com - www.innocentlivesfoundation.org Find us online: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbiejmarono - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-abbie-maroño-phd-35ab2611a - Twitter: https://twitter.com/humanhacker - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy References: Aron, A., Aron, E.N., Smollan, D., 1992. Inclusion of other in the self scale and the structure of interpersonal closeness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 63, 596–612 Bargh, J.A., Chen, M., Burrows, L., 1996. Automaticity of social behavior: direct effects of trait construct and stereotype activation on action. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 71, 230–244. Bavelas, J.B., Black, A., Chovil, N., Lemery, C.R., Mullett, J., 1988. Form and function in motor mimicry: topographic evidence that the primary function is communicative. Human Communication Research 14, 275–299. Bhabha, H. (1984). Of mimicry and man: The ambivalence of colonial discourse. October, 28, 125-133. Bourgeois, P., & Hess, U. (2008). The impact of social context on mimicry. Biological psychology, 77(3), 343-352. Chartrand, T.L., Bargh, J.A., 1999. The chameleon effect: the perception– behavior link and social interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 76, 893–910. Chartrand, T.L., Maddux, W.W., Lakin, J.L., 2005. Beyond the perception– behavior link: the ubiquitous utility and motivational moderators of nonconscious mimicry. In: Hassin, R.R., Uleman, J.S., Bargh, J.A. (Eds.), The New Unconscious. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, pp. 334–361 Dijksterhaus, A., Bargh, J.A., 2001. The perception–behavior expressway: automatic effects of social perception on social behavior. In: Zanna, M. (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, vol. 33. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, pp. 1–40. Hess, U., Herrera, P., Bourgeois, P., Blairy, S., 1997. Do people mimic what they see or what they know? Facial mimicry revisited. Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Cape Cod, MA, October 15–19th. Hess, U., Philippot, P., Blairy, S., 1999. Marono, A. J. (2022). The role of closeness in the relationship between nonverbal mimicry and cooperation. Lancaster University (United Kingdom). Mimicry: facts and fiction. In: Philippot, P., Feldman, R.S. (Eds.), The Social Context of Nonverbal Behavior. Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 213–241. Van Baaren, R. B., Holland, R. W., Kawakami, K., & Van Knippenberg, A. (2004). Mimicry and prosocial behavior. Psychological science, 15(1), 71-74.

2 Okt 202343min