Hacking Humans

Encore: The age old battle between social engineering and banking.


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Chip Gibbons, CISO at Thrive, sits down with Dave to talk about how to defend against social engineering attacks in banking. Dave starts us off this week with a story about Amazon opening up its selling market to Pakistani residents, and what consequences that led to for the organization’s business. Joe's story follows a scam targeting soldiers in the Army. The Army warns against unknown individuals purporting to be noncommissioned officers that are calling said soldiers and asking them for money to fix a "pay problem" and, if questioned, threatening them with a punishment. Our catch of the day comes from listener Manie who writes in about a scam found when trying to download a HDRI (High Dynamic Range Image). The scam involves a fake ad asking for people’s cell phone numbers as soon as they click on a button that reads "download here". Manie shares how after she clicked the ad, she realized the mistake and immediately researched more before proceeding further.

Links to stories:

  • Amazon finally authorized Pakistani sellers. A wave of scammers followed
  • Army Warns of Scam Targeting New Soldiers

  • Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

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