We are dipping our toes into the discussion of social engineering! How gullible are you? Hopefully, not as gullible as the victims of the Indian conman, Natwarlal (see this article on Wikipedia for his exploits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natwarlal). Scammers play on our desires to be helpful and avoid trouble. Sometimes, even the most cautious can be fooled. In today's episode, we will look at scammers' tactics and how you can avoid being duped.
Links of interest
The Wired article on John Brennan: https://www.wired.com/2015/10/hacker-who-broke-into-cia-director-john-brennan-email-tells-how-he-did-it/
Article from CompTIA on Social Engineering: https://www.comptia.org/content/articles/what-is-social-engineering
RootEd Security, episode 15
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