Professional social engineers use various techniques to leverage communication fundamentals to their advantage. However, do you have to be a social engineer to use these techniques yourself? Absolutely not! In…
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On July 15, 2020 the social media platform, Twitter, seemed to be operating normally. The hot topics of the day were about rapper T-Pain’s newest spat with recording artist Travis…
SMiShing is defined as “the act of using mobile phone text messages (SMS) to lure victims into immediate action such as downloading mobile malware, visiting a malicious website or calling…
Are you new to the field of social engineering? Or does this career interest you? If so, dealing with guilt as a social engineer will be something you will need…
The healthcare industry is overwhelmingly reliant on internet-connected devices as solutions. There’s no doubt some of those devices advance patient care and even critical response. Healthcare possesses elite data making…
Much of social engineering takes place via technology—phishing and vishing (voice phishing) being prime examples. However, holding a social engineering class virtually was not something Social-Engineer, LLC took lightly. Our…
How is your industry faring in the cyberwar we all seem to find ourselves in? Business and security leaders the world over face the same dilemma: as they increase investment in sophisticated security, cybercrime continues to rise. In view of this, how do we combat cyber threats and keep ourselves, our industries, and our companies safe? Find out in our cross-industry examination.
During the past 6 years at Social-Engineer, LLC (SECOM) we’ve made over 45,000 calls to companies all over the world. Banks, startups, tech firms, pharmaceutical companies, defense contractors, and many other organizations have contracted us to do vishing (voice phishing) calls for them. Many of these employees are now working from home. That makes it a perfect time to review how to manage your vishing defenses from home.
Have you ever felt like you don’t deserve to be where you are professionally? Studies show that an estimated 70% of people have experienced Impostor Syndrome at one time in their life or another. Read what this is and how to overcome it in our latest blog, “Overcome the Impostor Syndrome ”.
Colin Hadnagy explains how valuable lessons he’s learned over the past 5 years with Social-Engineer LLC (SECOM) were made real, very real in his first onsite social engineering engagement. Now that you’re primed, enjoy the final installment in our 4-part series with Colin’s first onsite SE gig, “My First Onsite Social Engineering Engagement: Pretenders, Assemble!”