Hacking Humans

Is change presenting a window of opportunity for attackers?

04.18.2024 - By N2K NetworksPlay

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Trevin Edgeworth, Red Team Practice Director at Bishop Fox, is discussing how change, like M&A, staff, tech, lack of clarity or even self-promotion within and around security environments presents windows of opportunity for attackers. Joe and Dave share some listener follow up, the first one comes from Erin, who writes in from Northern Ireland, shares an interesting new find about scammers now keeping up with the news. The second one comes from listener Johnathan who shared thoughts on reconsidering his view on defining Apple's non-rate-limited MFA notifications as a "vulnerability." Lastly, we have follow up from listener Anders who shares an article on AI. Joe shares a story from Amazon sellers, and how they are being plagued in scam returns. Dave brings us the story of how to save yourself and your loved ones from AI robocalls.

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Links to the stories:

Theory Is All You Need: AI, Human Cognition, and Decision Making

Amazon Sellers Plagued by Surge in Scam Returns

How to Protect Yourself (and Your Loved Ones) From AI Scam Calls

News Insights: Does X Mark a Target? with Trevin Edgeworth, Director of Red Team

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