WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is offering new cybersecurity short courses in social engineering and digital forensics as part of a growing suite of offerings through the Purdue Polytechnic ...

Keen to the importance of not simply clicking on any email I receive in my inbox, I recently received a message with a subject line I could not resist: “Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training.” For ...

How AI-assisted social engineering attacks might evolve, and how cybersecurity could, and perhaps should, adapt to meet the ...

In recent years, and particularly with the rise in use of social media, cyber criminals have taken to using psychological as well as technical methods of attack. Human beings, after all, are ...

In the two preceding columns, John Orlando discussed the ethical dimensions of social engineering in penetration testing. Today I want to look at how to use social engineering effectively for ...

Social-Engineer LLC is proud to celebrate its fifteenth year of success in the information security (InfoSec) industry. Founded in 2010 by CEO Christopher Hadnagy, the company specializes in applying ...

With organizations becoming more digitally interconnected, threat actors are placing greater emphasis on manipulating people instead of breaching systems directly. One of the most deceptive and ...

When was the last time you had to threaten to shoot an unauthorized executive who was demanding access to a secure area? Read on for a real-life story and an important lesson on effective security ...