You’re Easier to Hack Than You Think: Inside Social Engineering

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How easily can we really be manipulated? And how do we know when we are being manipulated? In this episode, we speak with Adi Schiffer, Partner at Forentec with a background in civil services and cybersecurity, about social engineering and why people are often the biggest security vulnerability. Together, we explore the methods attackers use to systematically build trust, identify motives, and exploit individual weaknesses. We discuss how to defend ourselves against such attacks and how all of us can apply social engineering skills in our own work. In doing so, we take a closer look at how much social engineers can piece together from information that is freely available online — and why awareness is often the first line of defense.