A while ago, I was speaking at a conference in the north of England. I wasn’t especially enamoured of the topic and was doing it as a favour for the organiser who was an old friend. I wasn’t “on” until…
Yearly Archives: 2015
Getting past Conference Security – Do you think like a Social Engineer
Tagged with: hacker, infosec, security, social engineer
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles
In the Weeds – Social Engineering Blindness and Red Teams
A couple of years ago at a conference in Texas I heard the phrase “in the weeds.” It means being in the sort of situation where you get so emerged in the details “the weeds” that it is hard…
Tagged with: cyber, hacker, infosec, security, social engineering, training
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles
The Enemy of Good – Thoughts on productivity
I was recently reminded of the saying “perfect is the enemy of good”and this got me thinking about personal demons and the things that block our creativity, productivity and ability to meet our goals. Years ago I worked for a…
Tagged with: business productivity creativity excellence writing
Posted in Business, The Deception Chronicles
Posted in Business, The Deception Chronicles
InfoSec 2015 Interview
Tagged with: Business, cyber, hacker, information security, infosec, insider threat
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles, Uncategorised
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles, Uncategorised
Rapunzel – Biometrics, Human Error and Social Engineering
Social Engineering, biometrics and human error are at the heart of the story of Rapunzel, along with proof that if somebody wants something badly enough they will find a way to get to it, regardless of the measures in place…
Tagged with: cyber, hacker, infosec, security, social engineering
Posted in The Deception Chronicles, Uncategorised
Posted in The Deception Chronicles, Uncategorised
Spotting the Threat Within….
http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2015/03/17/spotting-the-threat-within/
Tagged with: cyber, hacker, information security, infosec, insider threat, security, social engineering
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles
Attacking from the Outside…
http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2015/03/16/attacking-from-the-outside/
Tagged with: information security, insider threat, social engineering
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles
Lessons from the Big Four – Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroes
I don’t know if the phrase “the bigger they come, the harder they fall” was around when Shakespeare was alive but it applies to his tragic heroes across the board. If we look at his BIG FOUR, Hamlet, Macbeth,…
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles
Social Climbing…
Social engineers come in many different flavours, from the disgruntled ex-employee who wants to disrupt his former employers activities, to the criminal who is looking for financial gain, to the activist who has an axe to grind with an…
Tagged with: cyber, hacker, infosec, security, social engineering, training
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles
Posted in Social Engineering, The Deception Chronicles
