Jack Recider

You find yourself eager to assist, especially if you just got off the phone with a real prick who was yelling at you about overcharging him 10 cents. Contrast that with a kind voice that's truly asking for help. And it really makes it hard to say no.

It's time for a sponsor break, but stay with us because Rachel has a few more stories that she's going to share with us. Support for this show comes from Black Hills Information Security. This is a company that does penetration testing, incident response, and active monitoring to help keep businesses secure. I know a few people who work over there, and I can vouch they do very good work.

It's time for a sponsor break, but stay with us because Rachel has a few more stories that she's going to share with us. Support for this show comes from Black Hills Information Security. This is a company that does penetration testing, incident response, and active monitoring to help keep businesses secure. I know a few people who work over there, and I can vouch they do very good work.

If you want to improve the security of your organization, give them a call. I'm sure they can help. But the founder of the company, John Strand, is a teacher, and he's made it a mission to make Black Hills Information Security world-class in security training. You can learn things like penetration testing, securing the cloud, breaching the cloud, digital forensics, and so much more.

If you want to improve the security of your organization, give them a call. I'm sure they can help. But the founder of the company, John Strand, is a teacher, and he's made it a mission to make Black Hills Information Security world-class in security training. You can learn things like penetration testing, securing the cloud, breaching the cloud, digital forensics, and so much more.

But get this, the whole thing is pay what you can. Black Hills believes that great intro security classes do not need to be expensive, and they are trying to break down barriers to get more people into the security field. And if you decide to pay over $195, you get six months access to the MetaCTF Cyber Range, which is great for practicing your skills and showing them off to potential employers.

But get this, the whole thing is pay what you can. Black Hills believes that great intro security classes do not need to be expensive, and they are trying to break down barriers to get more people into the security field. And if you decide to pay over $195, you get six months access to the MetaCTF Cyber Range, which is great for practicing your skills and showing them off to potential employers.

Head on over to blackhillsinfosec.com to learn more about what services they offer and find links to their webcasts to get some world-class training. That's BlackHillsInfosec.com. BlackHillsInfosec.com. On another engagement, Rachel was hired by a company to help them sort out an issue that they kept encountering.

Head on over to blackhillsinfosec.com to learn more about what services they offer and find links to their webcasts to get some world-class training. That's BlackHillsInfosec.com. BlackHillsInfosec.com. On another engagement, Rachel was hired by a company to help them sort out an issue that they kept encountering.

It was a large technology company who would sometimes buy or acquire smaller companies. Now, when you're buying another company, you typically want to keep it quiet until the official announcement. It could affect share price or cause panic in the company if things aren't communicated properly.

It was a large technology company who would sometimes buy or acquire smaller companies. Now, when you're buying another company, you typically want to keep it quiet until the official announcement. It could affect share price or cause panic in the company if things aren't communicated properly.

But for some reason, when this technology company would do any merger or acquisition, it would get scooped by some news agencies. The announcement would show up on news sites way before the company was ready to tell the world. So this company was like, Rachel, maybe you can help us figure out how this news keeps slipping out ahead of schedule.

But for some reason, when this technology company would do any merger or acquisition, it would get scooped by some news agencies. The announcement would show up on news sites way before the company was ready to tell the world. So this company was like, Rachel, maybe you can help us figure out how this news keeps slipping out ahead of schedule.

When you hear this, what's your mind first go into? Like, you've got an insider threat somewhere. You've got a breach, an active breach.

When you hear this, what's your mind first go into? Like, you've got an insider threat somewhere. You've got a breach, an active breach.

All right. So if you're going to pose as either one of these people, it sounds like you're going to need a LinkedIn account or at least some online presence. You can't just show up as a nobody, right? Or I mean, at least it helps establish your background and your pretext.

All right. So if you're going to pose as either one of these people, it sounds like you're going to need a LinkedIn account or at least some online presence. You can't just show up as a nobody, right? Or I mean, at least it helps establish your background and your pretext.

Interesting. Rachel tried to be another journalist that actually exists, maybe by doing something like using a similar email address or social media accounts. But the question is, how do you know who to ask in a company to get information about upcoming mergers and acquisitions? These are typically closely guarded secrets, right? But there is a website that's extremely helpful to social engineers.

Interesting. Rachel tried to be another journalist that actually exists, maybe by doing something like using a similar email address or social media accounts. But the question is, how do you know who to ask in a company to get information about upcoming mergers and acquisitions? These are typically closely guarded secrets, right? But there is a website that's extremely helpful to social engineers.

There's a website that lists pretty much every company and most of the employees that work there. And it tells you their job title, role, what duties they have, and full name. The website is LinkedIn.com. And personally, I feel like LinkedIn is a security risk to most companies on there.