The Social-Engineer Podcast

Robin's first book changed many of us and our ability to build rapport. But how do you make those skills advanced? That is what Robin covers in his new book. Join us as we discuss: How do you use trust after rapport? Why is trust so important to building relationships? What's next for Robin? Does he like Bruce Hornsby? (hint, no) So much more Follow Robin on his twitter at: https://twitter.com/rdreeke or on his website: http://www.peopleformula.com/

Chris Kirsch, the 1st place winner of the SECTF, is a returning competitor that came back to prove to himself how and why he CAN win this competition after his previous attempt was ...um... not so great. Rachel Tobac is our scariest competitor but also one of our most positive and sweetest.  She comes back to yet again take 2nd place in the SECTF this year. We will discuss: What helped you win? What is one of the most important lessons? Would you recommend others try the SECTF?

Dan McGinn is a senior editor at Harvard Business Review and the author of "Psyched Up: How the Science of Mental Preparation Can Help You Succeed." He discusses: How Does Psyching yourself help help? Tips and Tricks for mental motivation How to use these as a social engineer and most importantly, Is Bruce Hornsby really motivational?

Tim Larkin joined us LIVE at DEF CON 25 to be part of the SEPodcast Crew and discuss the importance of situational awareness. Tim has an extensive background in working with people all over the globe in helping them stay safe.

Emily Brandwin may be one of the funniest guests we have had on the show. She is an ex-CIA agent, ex-Stand up comic, present day comedy writer. No, we are serious. You will enjoy this conversation where: We find out how a haiku landed her in the CIA? Why did she even apply in the first place? Pretexting, pretexting and more pretexting - top tips from a spy Does Chris really own a cat suit? Can he truly speak pirate? There is just so much more....

Join us this month with our long time friend, Jordan Harbinger. Jordan comes back to the SEPodcast to discuss a few important topics with us: How is marriage treating him? How has The Art of Charm changed over the years? How did he even start The Art of Charm? Was he really a lawyer? Other cool stories.... You can follow Jordan on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/theartofcharm or hit his website up at https://theartofcharm.com/.

Jayson E. Street is an author of “Dissecting the Hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network” from Syngress and creator of dissectingthehack.com. He has also spoken at DEFCON, DerbyCon, UCON and at several other ‘CONs and colleges on a variety of Information Security subjects. His life story can be found on Google under “Jayson E. Street.” He is a highly carbonated speaker who has partaken of Pizza from Beijing to Brazil.

Michael Bazzell spent 18 years as a government computer crime investigator. During the majority of that time, he was assigned to the FBI’s Cyber Crimes Task Force where he focused on computer crime investigations and OSINT. He has trained thousands of individuals in the use of his investigative techniques. He also served as the technical advisor for the television hacker drama "Mr. Robot". Michael's brand new VM for OSINT-ers - Buscador Tips to dig even deeper for OSINT And so much more

A microbiologist turned producer, Whitney has produced commercials, pilots, feature films, and internet series for major corporations including SyFy, Verizon, The Travel Channel, Comedy Central, Machinima, and CBS. She was a member of the Academy Award winning art team on The Amazing Race, and wore several hats during production for The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Emma Approved, both recipients of an Emmy for Original Interactive Programming.

The single most asked question is "What do I need to do to be a professional social engineer?" Folks who had almost no SE experience before working with SECOM and now lead the market in all things SE. Enjoy our new format while we talk about these topics: Why is vishing so hard? How can you become a master phisherman? Pro-tips on SE Red Teaming? The team's favorite books? What Laurie would sound like if she was a 12 year boy? Why does Kaz not understand Twitter?

Our guest, Dr. Brad Sagarin, professor of psychology at Northern Illinois university has studied and researched about how to combat the negative side of influence. We have a very lively discussion (yes, Dave is at this one) about: What is influence? Can you really defend against it? How do you know if you are being influenced? And so much more... Get more info about Brad at his site: http://sagarin.socialpsychology.org

aul Asadorian from Security Weekly, http://securityweekly.com/, joins us to discuss some pretty important topics. Things like: What is up with Apple and the new CrapBook? Why does Dave plays Hornsby so much? Will SE be a huge vector in 2017? What are the major security concerns coming up in the near future? What about IoT? So much more.... As usual, it is a lively, spirited and fun chat with the SE Crew!

Author, teacher, researcher and psychologist - Dr. Pennebaker is one interesting man. He has not only performed some fascinated research but he built tools around his research and then released them free to the world. This podcast we have a chance to ask the Doc things like: Can we really learn to profile people based on how they use pronouns? Are tools needed or can a human learn it? Is it good or bad to use the word "we" a lot? Will you really listen to Bruce Hornsby?

This month we get a chance to talk to Bob (He wouldn't let us call him Dr. Cialdini) about: How he got started in his career path? Was he really about to enter pro baseball? What does he think the difference between influence and manipulation is? Can 5 words really change your message?

Over the past 15 years, she has been researching the human-centred aspects of security, privacy, identity and trust. Angela discusses some fascinating topics with us based on research she has done into things like: Analyzing employee behaviors for security environments... The use of positive reinforcement over shame and fear.... How to make usable security... How to enforce security policies.... And how all this fits into her being a psychologist?