https://artfulenigma.com/tags/social-engineering/ Recent content in social engineering on aRtFuL eNiGmA https://artfulenigma.com/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E https://artfulenigma.com/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E Hugo -- gohugo.io Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:43:03 +0100 https://artfulenigma.com/articles/the-psychology-of-attack-and-defence/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:43:03 +0100 https://artfulenigma.com/articles/the-psychology-of-attack-and-defence/ A fascinating video by Perry Carpenter about the Psychology of attack and defence In the video Perry explains the art and science behind deception. Also, how threat actors use this knowledge to exploit vulnerabilities in human psychology to target end-users and how security awareness training can help users spot deception. A great watch to better understand social engineering, scams, disinformation campaigns, and much more. https://artfulenigma.com/articles/reduce-your-digital-footprints/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:30:03 +0000 https://artfulenigma.com/articles/reduce-your-digital-footprints/ This week I have been teaching one of my favourite topics Social Engineering. If you are not familiar with the topic, social engineering is the act of abusing human psychology to take advantage of a persons natural tendencies and emotional reactions in order to trick then into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information. As part of the series we also explored open source intelligence (OSINT) which is a method often used by hackers to collect information from public sources in order to build a detailed profile about a victim.