Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies

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Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies

An occasional series from the team at the Hacking Humans podcast. N2K's Dave Bittner and co-host from the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute, Joe Carrigan, are joined by the N2K's Chief Security Officer and Chief analyst, Rick Howard. The team watches clips from some of their favorite movies, clips which demonstrate examples of the social engineering scams and schemes they talk about on Hacking Humans. 

  1. 12/24/2023

    The grinch who hacked Christmas.

    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of a fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch some holiday classics, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your Christmas cookies and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Cartoon) The Greening of the Grinch (magazine) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    33 min

  2. 11/23/2023

    Cops in the catfish game.

    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie: Chicago P.D. Rick's clip from the movie: The Imitation Game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    29 min

  3. 10/29/2023

    Spooky, scary, skeletons at the movies.

    Thanks for joining us again for a very special and scary episode brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering, scams, and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some frightfully fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie: Halloween III Rick's clip from the movie: Get Out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    37 min

  4. 09/24/2023

    Rooting vs routing.

    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie: Matchstick Men Rick's clip from the movie: Mr. Robot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    28 min

  5. 08/05/2023

    Are you pretending to be Russian?

    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie: HEARTBREAKERS Rick's clip from the movie: Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan Dave's Second clip: Russian Restaurant Dave's Third clip: Funny scene 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    29 min

  6. 06/11/2023

    Criminals...assemble!

    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie: Ocean's 8 Rick's clip from the movie: Avengers Endgame Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    31 min

  7. 05/21/2023

    Who says the perfect heist doesn't exist?

    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie Out of Sight Rick's clip from the movie The Thomas Crown Affair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    22 min

  8. 04/09/2023

    As a scammer, sometimes you need to fake it till you make it.

    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie The Princess Bride Rick's clip from the movie Now You See Me 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    30 min
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An occasional series from the team at the Hacking Humans podcast. N2K's Dave Bittner and co-host from the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute, Joe Carrigan, are joined by the N2K's Chief Security Officer and Chief analyst, Rick Howard. The team watches clips from some of their favorite movies, clips which demonstrate examples of the social engineering scams and schemes they talk about on Hacking Humans. 

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