Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Time: 11:10-12:10
Location: Carl von Gontard
Evolution of Social Engineering Tactics and Defenses
Social engineering strategies and tactics have changed over the years. When cyber defenses are deployed, sometimes the weakest link is in between the chair and the keyboard. Fraud vs. erroneous acts, and why bad guys are motivated to social engineer victims: for example, criminals hijack dormant accounts, and trick victims into putting money into them, then it is immediately transferred out; these usually happen near close of business before a weekend. We will look at past and recent...
Social Engineering: Attack Techniques and Prevention
Social engineering attacks are becoming ever-more common and sophisticated, using manipulation through communications to lure victims into revealing sensitive information, click a malicious link or download a malicious file.
Richard De Vere consults with organisations to analyse the risks and help improve defences against common social engineering attacks, he will be sharing some common techniques used by attackers and the best prevention measures to minimise successful attacks and...
What is Safe? Baby Don't Hack Me, Don't Hack Me, No More!
Topics include: - Defining penetration testing - Demystifying Hackers - Social engineering for good and evil - Identifying how to incorporate malicious views, marvelously (i.e. for good).