Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I am currently a full-time social engineering pentesting professional with Social-Engineer, LLC (SECOM). The Social Engineering Framework defines vishing as the “practice of eliciting information or attempting to influence action over the telephone.” I’m not originally from the InfoSec world.

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Social Engineering Engineering InfoSec Education 98

ForAllSecure

APRIL 7, 2021

You’d think that having an amazing resume, a couple of bug bounties, or a CTF win would land you that dream infosec job. There's a serious shortage of InfoSec professionals. I've mentioned before but InfoSec Twitter is a valuable resource. For many, though, that isn’t true.

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Hacking InfoSec Cybersecurity Engineering 40

ForAllSecure

APRIL 7, 2021

You’d think that having an amazing resume, a couple of bug bounties, or a CTF win would land you that dream infosec job. There's a serious shortage of InfoSec professionals. I've mentioned before but InfoSec Twitter is a valuable resource. For many, though, that isn’t true.

Hacking 40

Hacking InfoSec Cybersecurity Engineering 40

Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Threat actors have dramatically escalated their attacks – targeting security controls like multi-factor authentication (MFA), conducting wily social engineering attacks and extorting businesses large and small with ransomware. For strategic guidance and access to hands-on labs, register for one of our free Zero Trust Workshops.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

In information security (infosec) there is the need to be on the latest version. Writing exploits or developing infosec tools is no exception, they often need to have access to the latest libraries. We did not want to step on any other projects toes in infosec realm, or even IT in general. How did you pick the name?

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Or maybe he's done this enough times now (which subsequent replies to this thread with his previous attempts suggest) that he's learned enough social engineering to know not to go too hard on the first approach. Maybe he forgot?

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Fortunately, there are those in the InfoSec world, who are actively looking at the subject and speaking out at conferences, such as Black Hat. Vamosi: That talk focused on the fact that there are InfoSec hackers openly working to address this problem. Black Mirror brainstorms, a workshop in which you create Black Mirror episodes.

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