Is It Legit to Use Fear as Part of My Pretext?

One question I get asked often is, “Chris, isn’t it legit to use fear as part of my pretext in a social engineering exercise? I mean, after all, the bad guys are doing it. Wouldn’t it be realistic?”  Well I can’t argu… Continue reading Is It Legit to Use Fear as Part of My Pretext?

Smashing Security #024: Reality Winner, Gordon Ramsay and a leaky bucket

In this latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast, the team are joined by Ian Whalley to discuss NSA leaks, the secret yellow dots on your printouts, careless cloud security and Gordon Ramsay’s entanglement with hackers.
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