The Social-Engineer Podcast

Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The SE Etc. Series. This series will be hosted by Chris Hadnagy, CEO of Social-Engineer LLC, and The Innocent Lives Foundation, as well as Social-Engineer.Org and The Institute for Social Engineering. Chris will be joined by his co-host Patrick Laverty as they discuss topics pertaining to the world of Social Engineering. [Jan 30, 2023]

 

00:00 – Intro

00:28 – Patrick Laverty Intro

00:58 – Intro Links

05:38 – "You never know"                                                          

06:51 – Todays Topic: The Role of Empathy in SE                                                               

07:02 – Empathy: A Definition                                                   

11:09 – 3 Kinds of Empathy                                                        

11:23 – Cognitive Empathy                                                         

12:21 – Emotional Empathy                                                        

13:00 – Empathic Concern                                                          

15:52 – The Role of Emotional Distance                                                 

16:57 – Learning Empathy                                                           

17:49 – What the Studies Show                                                

19:56 – Keeping an Open Mind                                                 

21:35 – Letting Your Life Experiences Teach You                                                

23:52 – The Social Media Bubble                                                              

25:55 – Expand And Listen                                                          

30:13 – Applying Empathy to Social Engineering                                                

31:25 – Being Adversarial                                                            

32:45 – Don't Be the Bad Guy                                                    

38:33 – The Importance of "Why"                                                            

42:51 – Using Empathy to Make the Best Choice                                               

48:07 – Using Empathy to Make the Hard Choice                                                              

49:55 – Practice Makes (Not Quite) Perfect                                                         

51:17 – Coming Up Next Month                                                               

52:08 – Wrap Up & Outro

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Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Ryan and I will have a special discussion of the 2023 security landscape. [Jan 27, 2023]

 

00:00 – Intro

00:27 – Intro Links:

04:25 – Don't Forget Ryan                                                           

05:11 – What Are We Talking About: 2023 Edition                                                            

05:39 – 2022 Was Rough!                                                            

07:09 – Getting Everyone Else Up To Speed                                                         

09:24 – Hackers for Hire?                                                             

12:58 – Economic Crisis = Rise in Cybercrime                                                      

15:10 – Emotional Victimizing                                                    

18:08 – Losing the Teachable Moment                                                  

20:42 – Ransomware as a Growth Industry                                                          

24:20 – MFA for All!                                                       

27:15 – There is Hope                                                   

28:40 – Make It Personal                                                             

30:47 – A Tool is Just a Tool                                                        

33:25 – Don't Recycle                                                    

34:53 – Make it Hard!                                                    

36:29 – Gotta Get it Tailored                                                      

37:47 – Trust the Process                                                            

39:40 – Wrap Up & Outro


Today we are joined by Robert Kerbeck. Robert is the founder of the Malibu Writers Circle, a lifetime member of the Actors Studio, and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. His true crime memoir about his secret career as a corporate spy, RUSE: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street, has received praise from Frank Abagnale and former CIA Agent Valerie Plame. Kerbeck’s writing has appeared in numerous publications including the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Magazine, and Lithub’s Crime Reads. [Jan 25, 2023] 

00:00 – Intro  

00:26 – Intro Links 

02:21 – Robert Kerbeck Intro  

03:28 – How do you "stumble" into becoming a corporate spy?  

06:51 – Going inside: This is Social Engineering  

08:29 – Very Dark Grey  

10:33 – We Need to Talk About Kevin  

11:25 – Making OJ look good  

15:25 – Doing what LinkedIn can't  

19:54 – Making the lie sound better than the truth  

21:13 – Setting boundaries  

22:21 – Hacking people is easy  

24:46 – Some need convincing  

26:08 – Ransomware  

28:38 – No spies here!  

30:03 – This isn't going away!  

31:08 – Knock, knock  

32:35 – Hacking the human  

34:59 – Find Robert Kerbeck online 

35:43 – Who do you consider your mentors? 

36:49 – Book Recommendations: 

38:00 – Guest Wrap Up  

38:26 – Outro 


Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology.

 

In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing: Shame. We will talk about how shame helps us, hinders us, why some people can deal with it and why some can’t. We’ll also discuss various coping strategies and more.  [Jan 02, 2023]

 

00:00 – Intro

00:17 – Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro

00:55 – Intro Links

03:38 – The topic of the day: Shame                                                  

05:44 – Is there a positive side to shame?                                                      

07:29 – Directed by beliefs                                                    

09:02 – Cultural differences                                                  

10:14 – Shame's functionality                                               

11:16 – Societal stigma                                            

12:35 – How shame can hinder                                            

16:36 – Literal shutdown                                                       

19:30 – Emotional Blunting                                                   

22:15 – Guilt vs Shame: Sense of Self                                                

24:14 – Those who can, cope!                                              

26:54 – When shame is a symptom                                                   

28:09 – Finding a support network                                                    

30:03 – The "core" of shame                                                 

33:45 – The road to Mindfulness                                                        

37:20 – Environmental Shame                                              

38:34 – Horrifically fascinating                                             

41:06 – You have to get out there!                                                     

43:00 – Tips for our younger listeners                                               

45:25 – Remember Pen Pals?                                                

46:44 – Wrap Up                                                       

47:39 – Outro

 

 

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References:

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Elison, J., Pulos, S., & Lennon, R. (2006). Shame-focused coping: An empirical study of the compass of shame. Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 34(2), 161-168.

 

Garey, S. S. (1998). Long-term effects of sibling emotional and physical abuse on adult self-concept and the associated guilt and shame. United States International University.

 

Gilchrist, J. D., Solomon-Krakus, S., Pila, E., Crocker, P., & Sabiston, C. M. (2020). Associations between physical self-concept and anticipated guilt and shame: The moderating role of gender. Sex Roles, 83(11), 763-772.

 

Harper, J. M. (2011). Regulating and coping with shame. Re-constructing emotional spaces: From experience to regulation, 189-206.

 

Hawes, D. J., Helyer, R., Herlianto, E. C., & Willing, J. (2013). Borderline personality features and implicit shame-prone self-concept in middle childhood and early adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 42(3), 302-308.

 

Kinston, W. (1983). A theoretical context for shame. International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 64, 213-226.

 

Krüger, S., & Rustad, G. C. (2019). Coping with shame in a media-saturated society: Norwegian web-series Skam as transitional object. Television & new media, 20(1), 72-95.

 

Nathanson, D. L. (1987). The many faces of shame. In Partially based on a symposium held in Los Angeles, 1984 for the 137th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.. The Guilford Press.

 

Rüsch, N., Lieb, K., Göttler, I., Hermann, C., Schramm, E., Richter, H., ... & Bohus, M. (2007). Shame and implicit self-concept in women with borderline personality disorder. American journal of psychiatry, 164(3), 500-508.

 

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Taylor, P. J., McDonald, J., Smith, M., Nicholson, H., & Forrester, R. (2019). Distinguishing people with current, past, and no history of non-suicidal self-injury: Shame, social comparison, and self-concept integration. Journal of Affective Disorders, 246, 182-188.

 

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