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An occasional series from the team at the Hacking Humans podcast. The CyberWire's Dave Bittner and co-host from the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute, Joe Carrigan, are joined by the Cyberwire’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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An occasional series from the team at the Hacking Humans podcast. The CyberWire's Dave Bittner and co-host from the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute, Joe Carrigan, are joined by the Cyberwire’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. 

    Appearances count in the scam business.

    Appearances count in the scam business.

    Welcome to Season 3 of Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies. 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 Paper Moon


    Rick's clip from the movie Catch Me If You Can

    • 22 min
    Sisters, grifters, and shifters.

    Sisters, grifters, and shifters.

    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.
    On this episode, Dave and Rick are joined by guest contributor Amanda Fennell. You can find Amanda on Twitter at @Chi_from_afar.
    Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along:

    Dave's clip from the movie Zombieland


    Rick's clip from the movie Traveller


    Amanda's clip from the movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    • 34 min
    Sometimes it's scripted and others, it's a target of opportunity.

    Sometimes it's scripted and others, it's a target of opportunity.

    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.
    On this episode, Dave and Rick are joined once again by Tracy Maleeff, security researcher at the Krebs Stamos Group. You may also know Tracy on Twitter as infosecsherpa.
    Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along:

    Rick's clip from the movie Criminal


    Tracy's clip from the movie The Talented Mr. Ripley

    • 28 min
    Keeping the scams in the family.

    Keeping the scams in the family.

    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 television show Better Call Saul.

    Rick's clip from the movie The Lady Eve.

    • 19 min
    Counterfeit coupons and paybacks.

    Counterfeit coupons and paybacks.

    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 Queenpins.

    Rick's clip from the movie Confidence.

    • 23 min
    The long con and the flim flam.

    The long con and the flim flam.

    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:

    Rick's clip from Hustle: S1 Ep1 The Con is On


    Dave's clip from Cheers: S6 Harry the Hat

    • 20 min

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