Social-Engineer Newsletter – Volume 4 Issue 51

The Power (and Terror) of "NO" Strictly speaking, I’m a rookie when it comes to kids. I have a vague idea of developmental stages and what’s considered normal, but most of this comes from my education, not experience. I remember a time when my brother’s twins went through an intense ‘NO’ stage: no going to bed, no eating anything (other than mac and cheese), and no wearing shoes of any kind.…

Social-Engineer and DEF CON 21

Did anyone get the number of that Mack Truck that hit us? - Someone said Black Hat & DEF CON  was on the front grill.... Social-Engineer has again taken Vegas by storm and we know some of our readers couldn't make it out there to be with us, so we wanted to take some time to write up a nice post about our events to share with you and to share some pictures and stories too. Black Hat 2013……

Defcon 19 – Lessons Learned

As Defcon came rolling around we knew that this year would be different.  Being the second year of the SE CTF as well as the first ever Defcon Kids event with a special Social Engineering CTF for Kids, we knew this year would be special. We wanted to take a minute to recap some of the events and lessons learned from Defcon 19 and talk about our plans for next year. Defcon 19's new venue…

Defcon Hackers Steal Data from Oracle – REALLY?

We love reporters, we really do.  We have a great relationship with many reporters from all over the globe.  We understand that sensational titles and stories are what sells.  With that in mind we wanted to take a minute to address some of the false conclusions that are being made based on some of the data coming out of this year's Social Engineering Capture the Flag contest. As part of the…

The Schmooze Strikes Back

Social-Engineer.Org’s mission has been to raise awareness for social engineering and the role it plays in targeted attacks against companies today. As security technology advances attackers are increasingly leveraging social engineering techniques in order to gain unauthorized access to global organizations and fortune 500 companies. In our continued efforts to raise awareness -…

SE-CTF-Scoreboard

  THE SECTF AT DEF CON Contestant Report Score Call Score Total 080801 98 0 98 080802 153 46 199 080803 145 10 155 080804 165 84 249 080805 - 2nd PLACE 220 190 410 080806 157 112 269 080807 - 1ST PLACE 181 294 475 080906 153 42 195 080902 96 96 192 080903 199 178 377 080907 169……