Ep. 236 - The SE ETC Series - Vishing, Phishing and SMiShing...Oh My! - End of Year Threats

Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The SE Etc. Series. This series will be hosted by Chris Hadnagy, CEO of Social-Engineer LLC, and The Innocent Lives Foundation, as well as Social-Engineer.Org and The Institute for Social Engineering. Chris will be joined by his co-host Patrick Laverty as they discuss topics pertaining to the world of Social Engineering. [Nov 27, 2023]

00:00 – Intro

00:19 – Patrick Laverty Intro

00:50 – 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/
• org– http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/

04:33 – Intro Chat: QRishing

10:25 – Todays Topic: End of year threats

12:50 – Phishin’ in the Amazon

16:29 – The Argument for Password Managers

18:51 – MFA But Not SMS

22:23 – Smishing All Around

25:40 – Training Us to be Victims

27:49 – Don’t Answer!

30:43 – Less Generalized

31:52 – It’s the Season for Vishing

34:17 – The Gift Card Scams

40:49 – Seasonal Summery

42:37 – Next Month: Storytime

43:21 – Wrap Up & Outro

• social-engineer.com
• innocentlivesfoundation.org

Find us online

• Chris Hadnagy
  • Twitter: @humanhacker
  • LinkedIn: com/in/christopherhadnagy
• Patrick Laverty
  • Twitter: @plaverty9
  • LinkedIn: com/in/plaverty9