Spearing the biggest phish
One of the major things our Social Engineering Capture the Flag events highlight is the rampant leaking of information by the very companies themselves. Defcon 19 showed us that a full-scale social engineering attacks could be carried out by simply using Open Source Information (OSI) freely available on the internet, most of which came from the companies themselves. We saw postings of access…
Social Engineering CTF – Battle of the SExes
Thank you for all the support from the community for the Social Engineer Capture the Flag events.
Below is the download link for the report. If your company was used in the CTF and you want more information reach out to us at defcon -@- social-engineer.org
Till next year:
DOWNLOAD SOCIAL ENGINEERING SECTF REPORT HERE
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How I Won The Defcon Social Engineering CTF
With a slew of new contestants scouring the Internet collecting data for this years Social-Engineer.Org SECTF at Defcon 19 we thought we would give them a little help. Last years winner, known as phat32, wrote an article about the skills he needed to overcome all the obstacles and become the first ever winner of the Social-Engineer.Org SECTF and the winner of the game changing black badge.....……
Tips to Keep Your Kids Safe Online This Summer
For the first 9 months of 2019, there were more than 11.2 million reports of internet crimes against children. However, that number soared to 18.4 million for the same period in 2020, when COVID-19 related quarantines and lockdowns were in full swing. Why? Predators knew that millions of kids were now at home. COVID-19 meant that most kids were distance learning, canceling their extracurricular…
Is Your Front Door Secure?
Have you ever been in the middle of a family dinner or event and the patriarchal family members start discussing the “good ol’ days”? Inevitably, you hear the famous line, “When I was your age, we didn’t even lock our doors at night.” For those of us who didn’t grow up in that generation, we shake our heads, thinking that’s an insane thing to do. Today, we have multiple locks on our doors and…
Ethical Hackers: Filling a Vital Role in Society
When you hear the words “hackers” or “hacking,” what comes to mind? Do you picture faceless people in hoodies, or Guy Fawkes masks? Or maybe bank robbers wearing gloves hiding in dark basements behind glowing laptops as they wreak havoc on governments, businesses, and healthcare systems? If you do, you're not alone. Unfortunately, that's probably what most people imagine due to the bizarre…
Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 09 – Issue 118
SEVillage: 10 Years in Review
Ten years ago, when Chris Hadnagy, Founder & CEO of Social-Engineer, LLC, was first approached by DEF CON founder Jeff Moss and asked to start a social engineering event, he knew he wanted to do something exciting. Until more recently, social engineering was typically only regarded in terms of scoring a free pizza or someone’s phone number. It was not widely…
Women Needed in Cybersecurity
2018 was a significantly intense year in the field of cybersecurity! In fact, The Verizon Data Breach Report confirmed 2,216 breaches across 65 countries. Indeed, from what the experts say, we can expect 2019 to be intense as well. According to a report by Cybersecurity Ventures, by 2021 cybercrime will cost the world $6 trillion annually. The report also predicts that by 2021 there will be 3.5…