Pretending to be something you're not...

We had discussed an article from wired about a mole from the media who attended Defcon. The organizers suspected that she was in fact a reporter, in spite of the fact that she refused to buy the media pass instead of the regular one. She was hoping to out agents and others doing ``illegal activities'' and even commented on

How the people in Kansas would be interested in what takes place [at such events].

She then made the mistake of telling others her intent and revealing her hidden camera, so her unveiling was inevitable:

Social Engineering

We also discussed Social Engineering in the class and also talked a little about one of the best known social engineers. Here is a video on how to social engineer a free pizza:



Phishing

We also discussed Phishing, which is a type of social engineering. We even took a Phishing IQ test and saw how tricky some of these guys can be.

We even took a look at a fraudulent email I received the same day, and I showed you how to do a whois lookup to see which country the email is coming from. This is a Nigerian Letter or 419 fraud letter. There is a website called 419eater that is dedicated to fighting these fraudsters.