400 episodes and we still have trust issues.
About this episode
The episode celebrates the milestone of 400 episodes while discussing various scams and social engineering tactics.
This week, we’re celebrating a pretty big milestone: 400 episodes of Hacking Humans! Along the way, we’ve shared hundreds of stories, scams, lessons, and plenty of memorable Catch of the Days—and we couldn’t have made it this far without you. To everyone who has listened, written in with a story, sent us a Catch of the Day, or simply learned to be a little more suspicious of that weird text message: thank you for being part of 400 episodes of Hacking Humans. We’re glad you’re here to celebrate with us. And now, after 400 episodes, there’s really only one thing left to do: get back to the scams. This week, hosts of N2K CyberWire Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner alongside Joe Carrigan are discussing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. Dave covers celebrity podcast…
People in this episode
Hosts: Maria Varmazis, Dave Bittner
Topics covered
- social engineering scams
- phishing schemes
- celebrity podcast impersonation
- rental scams
- trust issues
Keywords
- scams
- phishing
- social engineering
- trust issues
- podcast impersonation
- rental scam
- Catch of the Day
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: N2K CyberWire
Places: San Francisco
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