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  1. Remember, it’s all about psychology: #SocialEngineers target our minds. They gain our trust and then strike by encouraging us to divulge personal or financial information, click on unsafe links, or open malicious attachments.

    Your brain is the first line of defence!

    Keep following our #CyberSecMonth series on the investigations of #security specialist Jake Doubt to discover who is behind the attacks and to hear how to defend yourself from #SocialEngineering.

    connect.geant.org/csm24

  2. Remember, it’s all about psychology: #SocialEngineers target our minds. They gain our trust and then strike by encouraging us to divulge personal or financial information, click on unsafe links, or open malicious attachments.

    Your brain is the first line of defence!

    Keep following our #CyberSecMonth series on the investigations of #security specialist Jake Doubt to discover who is behind the attacks and to hear how to defend yourself from #SocialEngineering.

    connect.geant.org/csm24

  3. #SocialEngineers are masters of psychology. They could sell anything to anybody...

    In our next #CyberSecMonth webinar, Dr. Kristin Weber (THWS) will explain how Social Engineers work, outline five compliance principles typically used in #SocialEngineering attacks, and describe ways to defend from attacks.

    🗓️ 10 Oct 🕒 15:00CEST

    Read more and register (free of charge): events.geant.org/event/1728/

    Full programme connect.geant.org/2024/09/20/u

    #CSM24 #Phishing #Research #Education #Security #Cybersecurity

  4. #SocialEngineers are masters of psychology. They could sell anything to anybody...

    In our next #CyberSecMonth webinar, Dr. Kristin Weber (THWS) will explain how Social Engineers work, outline five compliance principles typically used in #SocialEngineering attacks, and describe ways to defend from attacks.

    🗓️ 10 Oct 🕒 15:00CEST

    Read more and register (free of charge): events.geant.org/event/1728/

    Full programme connect.geant.org/2024/09/20/u

    #CSM24 #Phishing #Research #Education #Security #Cybersecurity

  5. Hummm... My old adversary, #KevinMitnick died.

    I'll never be asked to contribute to his #obituary but he was the best #Social #Engineer I ever knew and I think he'd have been pleased to hear that -- So if he faked his death just to get that out of me, you are still a bastard, Mr Mitnick!

    nytimes.com/2023/07/20/technol

    #RIP #Mitnick #Security #Hackers #Hacking #Hacker #Hack #News #SocialEngineers #DEC #Digital #VMS #Phreaking

  6. Hummm... My old adversary, #KevinMitnick died.

    I'll never be asked to contribute to his #obituary but he was the best #Social #Engineer I ever knew and I think he'd have been pleased to hear that -- So if he faked his death just to get that out of me, you are still a bastard, Mr Mitnick!

    nytimes.com/2023/07/20/technol

    #RIP #Mitnick #Security #Hackers #Hacking #Hacker #Hack #News #SocialEngineers #DEC #Digital #VMS #Phreaking