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Be very aware of your desire to be right.

发表于 2018-11-29 cognitive catch desire

Joe explains URLs and DNS. Dave has tips to prevent holiday skimming. A bogus bank barrister is the catch of the day. Writer Ben Yagoda explains cognitive biase…

Truth emerges from the clash of ideas.

发表于 2018-12-20 clinic catch citizen

We follow up on critical feedback of last week's show. Dave describes how online extortionists have pivoted from sex to explosives. We've got an auto-responding…

At some point you're probably going to have to do some running.

发表于 2019-01-03 point probably catch

Joe describes a reply-all scenario gone wrong. Dave explains the criminal use of steganography in memes as a command and control technique. Our catch-of-the-day…

Trained humans are your strongest link.

发表于 2019-01-10 scam homes catch

Dave warns of scammers gaining access to homes by pretending to be workers from the local utility company. Joe shares a story of a sophisticated bank transfer s…

Prisoners have nothing but time.

发表于 2019-01-17 scams catch nothing

Joe shares the tale of a prisoner running a variety of romance scams from the inside. Dave outlines direct deposit scams. The catch of the day is a clever varia…

Opening your eyes to the reality in which we live.

发表于 2019-01-24 ransomware catch opening

Dave reviews tips on protecting yourself from ransomware. Joe describes a clever way to trick people into enabling macros. An attempt at celebrity friendship is…

Make it seem like the real answer is impossible to know.

发表于 2019-02-07 catch twitter impossible

Dave shares a bank spoofing scam with a reminder to mind those links, especially on mobile devices. Joe describes a case of someone turning the tables on a Twit…

The trauma is multifactored.

发表于 2019-02-14 multifactored bbb scams

On this Valentines Day edition of Hacking Humans, Joe and Dave examine romance scams, including the sad tale of woman bilked out of hundreds of thousands of dol…

Stop and think before you click that link.

发表于 2019-02-21 phishing listener catch

We've got followup from a listener on cognitive dissonance and behavioral science. Dave shares a listener story about a University Dean's List scam. Joe shares …

Delivering yourself to a kidnapper.

发表于 2019-02-28 kidnapper catch 2019

Joe describes fraudsters taking advantage of top-level domain name confusion. Dave explains how a Google Nest security system shipped with an undocumented micro…