Ep. 137 – Human Hacking With Chris Hadnagy

In this special episode, Chris Hadnagy joins Maxie Reynolds to talk about the amazing stories and useful lessons contained in Chris’s new book: “Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People, and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You”. Listen as Chri… Continue reading Ep. 137 – Human Hacking With Chris Hadnagy

Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 09 – Issue 116

In This Issue: “A Beginner’s Insight Into Vishing.” How can someone become a successful visher? Social-Engineer recently hired two team members who have been accumulating tremendous success. We interviewed them and we are sharing their insights with yo… Continue reading Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 09 – Issue 116

Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 08 – Issue 112

Social Engineering Can Make You a Better Person When social engineering makes the headlines, it is generally as a negative term where S.E. principles are used to initiate, perpetuate, or assist a large hack that exfiltrates data or distributes ransomwa… Continue reading Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 08 – Issue 112

Are All Social Engineers Bad?

When you think about what a social engineer does, and how influence and manipulation are used by good and bad SEs, it is easy think that to be an SE you need to have an evil personality or even have sociopathic tendencies. Is that true, are all social … Continue reading Are All Social Engineers Bad?

London Police Say They’re Still Obligated to Arrest Assange

On Friday, Swedish prosecutors said they dropped their preliminary rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. But that doesn’t mean he can just leave the embassy. Continue reading London Police Say They’re Still Obligated to Arrest Assange

Wimshurst Machines: High Voltage from the Gods

The Wimshurst machine is one of the oldest and best known electrostatic machines, consisting of its iconic two counter rotating disks and two Leyden jars. Most often you see someone hand cranking it, producing sparks, though we’ve seen it used for much more, including for powering a smoke precipitator for cleaning up smoke and even for powering a laser.

It works through an interesting sequence of events. Most explanations attempt to cram it all into one picture, requiring some major mental gymnastics to visualize. This often means people give up, resigned to assume these work through some mythical mechanics that …read more

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The Data That Turned the World Upside Down

Psychologist Michal Kosinski developed a method to analyze people in minute detail based on their Facebook activity. Did a similar tool help propel Donald Trump to victory? Continue reading The Data That Turned the World Upside Down

Ep. 089 – An Illusion of Unique Vulnerability

This month’s guest will certainly get you thinking.  How can you combat the effects of negative influence? Is it even possible?  Join us with Brad Sagarin to find out. Jan 9, 2017 Contents Download Get Involved Download Ep. 089 – An Illusion of Unique Vulnerability Get Involved Got a great idea for an upcoming podcast? Continue Reading >

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