The New Realities of Vishing: Voice Phishing Hotel and casino giant MGM Resorts reported losses from a recent vishing attack that exceeded 110 million dollars. Vishing involves a convincing phone call, rather than email, to trick targets into divulging sensitive information. With robocalls, telemarketers and full-on cybercriminals all trying to…
Workplace Physical Security Is an Essential Component of Cybersecurity While cybersecurity threats sit at the forefront of everyone’s minds, a physical security breach can be every bit as damaging to an organization. In this episode, staring Joey Lawrence as Jeff, we learn about the methods often deployed by bad actors…
‘Pig butchering’: Former romance scammer reveals tactics. The ‘Pig Butchering Scam’ has become the scourge of the internet. A long con that tricks victims into sending money to fraudulent investment platforms, it has exploded to become the costliest scam out there, with victim losses totaling tens of billions of dollars…
Who Do You Think You’re Talking To? A UK-based energy company was recently scammed out of $243,000 by hackers running a “Deep Fake Audio Scam,” a scam that uses artificial intelligence (A.I.) to replicate voices of people we know and trust. In this episode, starring Robert Davi as Louie Sr.,…
The Risks And Rewards Of Artificial Intelligence In Cybersecurity For the past several years, cybercriminals have been using artificial intelligence to hack into corporate systems and disrupt business operations. But powerful new generative AI tools such as ChatGPT present business leaders with a new set of challenges. Consider these entirely…
Has your Facebook or Instagram or Snapchat been cloned yet? Inside the rise of social media identity theft (and what to do about it). Cases of social media identity theft have skyrocketed in recent weeks, with victims and their loved ones being scammed — so are any of us really…
HCA Healthcare announced the theft of PII and other sensitive information from up to 11 million of their patients. A cautious approach to seemingly harmless baiting tactics can help prevent such data breaches. In this episode, starring Tyler Johnson as Jim, we witness firsthand how a single wrong number text…
Messages and Emails are not always friendly What is Spear Phishing? Does it go to help me to get a big fish while phishing? Of course, it will help, but not you because you are going to be that fish 🐠 Let’s know how. Spear phishing is used to target…
“Smishing” means “SMS Phishing” Global agencies have recently warned consumers of a major spike in SMS phishing, or “smishing”, attacks. One such campaign targeted customers of the multinational shipping company UPS. In this episode, starring Andrew Lawrence as Mike, we see a firsthand account of how a smishing attack plays…
Dish Network recently experienced an extended television service outage due to a cybersecurity incident. ‘Juice Jacking’, a method used by bad actors, can lead to such incidents. In this episode, starring Robert Wagner as the Announcer, we learn about juice jacking and how bad actors can deliver malware via public…
