Hacking Humans

Spotting social engineering in the shadows.


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This week, we are joined by Dr. Chris Pierson CEO at Black Cloak, and he is talking about some of the social engineering attacks his team is tracking. Joe's story follows how Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed the financially motivated cybercriminal group Storm-1811 misusing the client management tool Quick Assist in social engineering attacks. Dave share's the story of the lure of a free baby grand piano to deceive over 125,000 email recipients, mainly targeting North American university students and faculty, earning at least $900,000. Our catch of the day comes from listener Chuck who writes in to share some of his junk mail he has been receiving recently, and shares concerns for other listeners.

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Links to the stories:

  • Threat actors misusing Quick Assist in social engineering attacks leading to ransomware
  • Free Piano phish targets American university students, staff

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

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