Mon, 9 December 2019
Welcome to another episode of The Social-Engineer Podcast! Host, Christopher Hadnagy, interviews Christopher Dwyer, on this 124th episode. Dr. Dwyer is a psychologist who has been researching critical thinking and cognitive energy throughout his career, including what it means to be a critical thinker. He started his PhD by researching argument mapping, focusing on the structure of arguments and the effect of it on memory performance. Chris asks Dr. Dwyer how he would define critical thinking. For Dr. Dwyer, the term refers to purposeful, self-regulatory reflective judgment reliant on a number of skills in order to produce a valid conclusion to an argument or a solution to a problem. Dr. Dwyer explains how the term has come to have different meanings across the industry - but the main idea has been that core skills and core dispositions make up critical thinking. Dr. Dwyer is interested in how to enhance people’s critical thinking skills; however, he has found that it is very dependent on context and circumstances. He shares an example of this, comparing findings about critical thinking of traditional students and adult-learning course students. The mature students had worse critical thinking at the beginning of a class yet they improved more than traditional students over time. Towards the end of the episode, Chris and Dr. Dwyer discuss how humans hate to be wrong, but love to be right. Dr. Dwyer says that this is due to risk aversion - we do not enjoy the things that are detrimental to us and we fear being found wanting. However, it is important to not let our fear stop us from critically thinking well.
Direct download: Social-EngineerPodcastEp124.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 3:00am EDT |
Fri, 22 November 2019
On this episode of The Social-Engineer Podcast, host Chris sits down with Dr. Eva Krackow to discuss decision-making. Eva is an assistant professor in psychology at the University of Leicester, and focuses her research on judgement and decision-making, as well as how people can improve their daily choices for the better. Similarly, The Social-Engineer focuses on the end user, and how their decisions affect their online security. Eva talks about a game that was developed to research the difference in an individual’s behavior based on the motive of the game, being teamwork, or a competition, and how subtle framing can influence an individual’s behavior. Framing is a way to present an idea or concept to an individual to achieve desired results. Chris and Eva discuss the parallels between online security, The Social-Engineer’s line of business, and an individual’s choice to lean towards a way of “framing” that appeals to them. In terms of phishing scams, where once there were emails riddled with errors, scams have become more intelligent, getting email correspondence to appear more legitimate. Framing of the message has become more professional and sophisticated. The framing of the emails has changed in a way to adapt to the individual reading the scam, allowing the scammer to continue to be successful in stealing identities and information. Eva discusses issues that come along with our current age of social media, and how individuals are less likely to explore unfamiliar information because of the algorithms that these popular networking sites use to appease each individual user. Social media websites aren’t necessarily our friend when it comes to actual facts and accurate information, but it is coincidentally where most people are finding their news sources. She suggests we need to consistently look outside of our usual media sources, outside of our current friends list, and be aware of the information we’re absorbing. When we don’t take these initiatives on our own, we can find ourselves taking in a never ending supply of information that appeals specifically to us, making it easier to believe the news we take in to be fact, when many times, it’s not. Reframing our communication allows us to be more open to new information that we may not have been before, it can open doors we weren’t aware existed when we’re able to step outside of our comfort zone. Listen to more episodes and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Links: Find more of Dr. Eva Krackow’s articles at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us Find more information about The Social-Engineer at: https://www.social-engineer.org/ Follow The Social-Engineer Podcast on Twitter (@humanhacker), YouTube, and LinkedIn Eva's Book Recommendations:
Direct download: Social-EngineerPodcastEp123.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 9:01pm EDT |
Sun, 27 October 2019
Chris Hadnagy interviews Anne-Maartje Oud, chairperson and owner of The Behaviour Company, about how she found the inspiration and drive to kick start her own company dedicated to research about human behavior, how she deals with common behavioral problems, some insights on her cultural background and its impact on her career and the people around her. On This Episode We Discuss:
Books to Read: What Every Body is Saying - Joe Navarro Featured Links:
Connect with Anne-Maartje Oud: Connect with Dov Baron: Listen & Subscribe:Thanks for listening! Follow and tweet @SocEngineerInc. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, do us a favor and write a review on iTunes.
Direct download: Social-EngineerPodcastEp122.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 3:09pm EDT |
Tue, 10 September 2019
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Direct download: Social-EngineerPodcastEp121.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 12:29am EDT |
Sun, 18 August 2019
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Direct download: Social-EngineerPodcastEp120.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 11:31pm EDT |
Mon, 8 July 2019
Bio: https://www.stephaniepaulinc.com/meet-stephanie On This Episode We Discuss:
Direct download: Social-EngineerPodcastEp119.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 4:00am EDT |
Mon, 10 June 2019
Dr. Jessica Barker runs a cyber security consultancy and, with a background in sociology, specializes in the human side of cyber security. She is especially interested in attitudes and behaviors in relation to cyber security, and her work is focused on communication, awareness, behavior and culture. On this episode we discuss things like:
Direct download: Social-EngineerPodcastEp118.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 4:00am EDT |
Mon, 6 May 2019
Chris Voss is an author, and professor. His is also a former FBI hostage negotiator, the CEO of The Black Swan Group Ltd, and co-author of the book, Never Split the Difference. Chris discusses:
Chris can be found on his website: https://blackswanltd.com/ and you can also find him on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/vossnegotiation He recommended a few books for us this month: The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance by Steven Kotler The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. by Daniel Coyle The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle
Direct download: Social-EngineerPodcastEp117.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 4:00am EDT |
Mon, 8 April 2019
Gregg Henriques is a psychologist and professor with expertise in depression, suicide and personality disorders. He developed a new theoretical system for psychology and joins us today to share it with us. As we discuss his theory we will talk about:
You can find out more about Gregg on his website: greghenriques.com as well as his articles on Psychology Today Gregg recommends we read: The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions by Christopher K. Germer
Direct download: Social-EngineerPodcastEp116.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 4:00am EDT |
Mon, 11 March 2019
Chase Hughes is an ex-military Chief that wanted to learn how to better the study of influence. He wanted to see if he could teach anyone to use these skills fast and with precision. Join us this month as we discuss this very topic with Chase and try to answer:
You can follow Chase on his Twitter account: https://twitter.com/thechasehughes Check out Chase's book. The Ellipsis Manual and also his book recommendation, Be the Pack Leader by Cesar Milan
Direct download: Social-EngineerPodcastEp115.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 12:34pm EDT |
Sun, 10 February 2019
Whitney Merrill is a privacy attorney, worked with the EFF and runs the Crypto and runs the Crypto Privacy Village at DEF CON. (See a pattern yet?) This month we have a very fun and lighthearted chat with Whitney about things like:
You can find out more about Whitney on her website: https://whitneymerrill.com/ She recommends the book "How To Make a Spaceship" by Julian Guthrie
Direct download: Social-EngineerPodcastEp114.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 9:28pm EDT |
Mon, 14 January 2019
Join us with our guest Clint Watts as we ask questions about: Misinformation campaigns and their success.
Clint can be followed on his Twitter Account @selectedwisdom and on https://www.fpri.org/contributor/clint-watts/ Clint also recommends these books: Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment Francis Fukuyama American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
Direct download: Social-EngineerPodcastEp113.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 3:00am EDT |