Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 08 – Issue 109

Teach Early, Teach Often: Cybersecurity Education for Children This month marks the 15 year anniversary of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the United States, and it is an important time to remember the systems we protect as well as the social systems that affect them. According to National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), their theme this year is that “Cybersecurity is our shared…

Children Hacking Websites

As a parent of an 11-year-old boy, I always wonder what he’s going to get himself into. (usually after reflecting on what I did when I was younger) I didn’t want him not to use technology, so I started him off with an iPod then when I got a new iPad, I gave him my old one. At first it was just for playing games and some music he liked, and he watched a few videos that we downloaded for him. Then…

Ep. 080 – The Aftermath: How our hack affected Kevin Roose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJOd5z-7sz4 Over one year ago a reporter reached out to us with a crazy idea, he said, "I want you to hack me... no holds barred. Gloves off. And I want to get it on film...."  How did those events affect him?  Find out as Kevin Roose joins us on the SEPodcast April 11, 2016 Contents Download Get Involved Read more

Social-Engineer Newsletter – Vol 05 Issue 75

Social Media and the Social Engineer Social media is one of those necessary evils. It seems that unless you are Adele, you need it to thrive in this business world. We have to tweet to our customers and fans, make sure our posts are on Facebook, update our Google+, and ensure that those in our LinkedIn Groups are included. The truth is, we love social media, don’t we? Yes, we even got Michele,…

Social-Engineer Newsletter – Vol 05 Issue 60

Information Gathering and the Social Engineer Is the summer already over? I’m happy to report that the entire SEORG crew made it back alive from DEF CON albeit with a healthy dose of CON flu thanks to nick8ch (who from here on out will be known only as “Patient Zero”). By the way, worst text to ever get as you’re getting on a plane for home is “I had to go to the emergency room last nite, hope I…

The Social-Engineer Village

This page will host the schedule for the Social-Engineer.Org Crew CTF's, Speeches and Events at DEF CON. Check back for updates: The Social-Engineer Village at DEF CON 24 Brought to you this year by:        THE SECTF SCOREBOARD  LOCATION: Palace 2, 3, 4, 5 Wednesday Aug 3 Set Up Thursday Aug 4 1000 - 1145 - MISSION SE IMPOSSIBLE REGISTRATION 1230 - 1800 MISSION SE…

Social-Engineer.Org – Reborn and Recreated

It was almost 5 years ago that we launched the social-engineer.org site.  Honestly folks, if you had asked me to predict what would come of it my wildest dreams would not have lead me to this.  Almost 5 years, 2 books, a number of worldwide trainings, a company and much more later it was time to take SEORG to the next step. As I sat back and began to look over the site and listened to some of…

The SEORG Book List

Welcome to the SEORG Book List! This list is updated with referrals from our monthly Podcast. Discover what some of the leading experts in security and psychology are reading. Purchase on Amazon by clicking the image.   The Latest Referrals! From SEPodcast 137 — Human Hacking with Chris Hadnagy Chris recommends: Without Conscience: The Disturbing Worlds of the Psychopaths Among Us…