Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 07 – Issue 98

  Vol 07 Issue 98 November 2017 In This Issue October Had Some Large Security Incidents Social-Engineer News Upcoming classes As a member of the newsletter you have the option to OPT-IN for special offers. You can click here to do that. Check out the schedule of upcoming training on Social-Engineer.com 5-9 February, 2018 – […]

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Advances in Machine Learning

Back in March we talked about Adobe’s Project VoCo which could recreate someone’s speech with only twenty minutes of recorded dialogue.  Now just a few months later, Lyrebird claims it can recreate any voice with just one minute of recorded speech!  Lyrebird also says it can make that speech have any intonation or emotion, from […]

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Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 07 – Issue 95

  Vol 07 Issue 95 August 2017 In This Issue Lessons from Disasters to Improve Security Social-Engineer News Upcoming classes As a member of the newsletter you have the option to OPT-IN for special offers. You can click here to do that. Check out the schedule of upcoming training on Social-Engineer.com 5-9 February, 2018 – […]

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Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 07 – Issue 94

Vol 07 Issue 94 July 2017 In This Issue The Weaponizing of Social Media Social-Engineer News Upcoming classes As a member of the newsletter you have the option to OPT-IN for special offers. You can click here to do that. Check out the schedule of upcoming training on Social-Engineer.com 2017 Schedule 22-25 July, 2017 – […]

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Researchers Use Sound Waves to control a Smartphone (seriously) and a Car (theoretically)

What does that Fitbit, that you are wearing on your wrist to track your steps, have in common with smartphones, automobiles, medical devices, anti-theft devices, and drones? Give up?…. micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers. These little devices are being used in cell phones for step counters, user interface control, switching between portrait and landscape mode, […]

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Web Beacons for Social Engineering Reconnaissance

Most of you have heard about cookies on the internet, but Web Beacons take tracking your browsing habits a step further. Web Beacons (aka: Tracking Pixels, Web Bugs, and Tracking Beacons) are mainly used by marketers to track how well an email, advertisement, or article is being received by their audience.  Usually these 1×1 pixel […]

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Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 07 – Issue 93

  Vol 07 Issue 93 June 2017 In This Issue Ransomware and The Psychology Behind Why It Works Social-Engineer News Upcoming classes As a member of the newsletter you have the option to OPT-IN for special offers. You can click here to do that. Check out the schedule of upcoming training on Social-Engineer.com 2017 Schedule […]

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The SECTF is Coming to DerbyCon!

Yes, you have read this correctly. This year in the SEVillage at DerbyCon, Social-Engineer will be holding its first ever Social Engineering Capture The Flag event at DerbyCon! This mini SECTF will allow 5 contestants to test their social engineering skills in our sound proof booth by calling a Fortune 500 company. You want in? […]

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Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 07 – Issue 92

    Vol 07 Issue 92 May 2017 In This Issue I’ve Got A Bridge I’d Like To Sell You Social-Engineer News Upcoming classes As a member of the newsletter you have the option to OPT-IN for special offers. You can click here to do that. Check out the schedule of upcoming training on Social-Engineer.com […]

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