This month, Chris Hadnagy and Ryan MacDougall are joined by Patrick Laverty. Patrick is the Senior Team Lead at Social Engineer, LLC, working with an incredible team of professional social engineers. He was previously a senior penetration tester at Rapid7 and a member of the CSIRT at Akamai. He is a co-organizer of the Layer 8 Conference and is the host of the Layer 8 Podcast on social engineering and OSINT. He lives in Rhode Island with his daughter, dog and two cats.
[April 18, 2022]
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Show Notes
00:00 – Intro
00:50 – Patrick Laverty intro
02:19 – Intro Links
- Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/
- Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
- Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
- Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
- CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/
- innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/
04:38 – Security Awareness in the world today
05:25 – Malicious Domain Registrations
06:58 – Protecting yourself from false domains
11:24 – CISA Alert / Shields Up
12:36 – Lowering Reporting Thresholds
13:33 – Empowering Security Information Officers
16:50 – Tabletop Exercises
19:20 – Planning for Continuity
21:09 – Beyond the Financial Effects of Ransomware
24:29 – Trying to protect the Healthcare Sector
25:27 – Backup & Recovery Process
28:38 – The source of Ransomware
30:03 – Planning for a Ransomware attack
31:51 – Why your site will be attacked
33:41 – 3 Actionable Tips
35:30 – Book Recommendations
- Thinking, Fast and Slow– Daniel Kahneman – https://amzn.to/3xsa5gq
- How to Win Friends & Influence People– Dale Carnegie – https://amzn.to/36fBmaV
- Delivered from Distraction – John Ratey – https://amzn.to/3jHzpqW
- Fixed – Amy Herman – https://amzn.to/3jGwkHC
- Going Pro – Dr Tony Kern – https://amzn.to/38LyXFH
38:20 – Wrap Up
39:18 – Outro