PirateSoftware and his craziest DefCon story!

PirateSoftware tells his craziest DefCon story!

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[Mach]

Social engineering is best described to me as, why steal the keys when you'll give them too me.

[LarsErnst]

"It's fine, I promise" (evil smile) LOL

[kirstenwyatt]

The one call center I worked at had a great way to prevent revealing where our building is. "Don't tell them where you are, or they might drive a truck through the building." Because another branch acutally had that happen!

[Ludeo]

I worked with this guy for like 15 years, he's not as scary as he'd like you to believe :P (love you bird hair)

[Chaddingway]

I work for a franchise and there was one time in our district where all the other locations were getting a call from the same number about how this guy's order was wrong and so-and-so told them that it'd get remade for free.

It turns out that a female employee in the district had a customer that was stalking them, so she transferred to a different location in the city and this dude was trying to figure out where.

[unconnectedbedna]

Hacker: Joins hacking contest
Godmode: Hack the hackers to win the contest

[djhendricks]

"Oh no, you can talk to me... it's fine... I P R O M I S E :)". freaking love this dude

[reznovvazileski]

And for those of you who genuinely want to find a good restaurant, just take a hike through town on a Tuesday evening. If they can fill even half the seats on a Tuesday evening they're doing something right so that's gonna be your best bet.

[jedilee]

PLEASE someone, post that "don't trust this man" image. Please and thank you!

[jwjeff]

The key to defending yourself against social engineering:

Never give any information (no matter how slight) that can be used to reveal your location at any given time or place(past, present, or future).

Never give any information that can assist in identifying you.

Never give any information about the company you work for or the work that you do that isn't already publicly available.

If you're not sure if it's safe to talk about, assume that it isnt.

I'm pretty sure thats basically it. It's not complicated, it just takes diligence.

[HaploidCell]

I think social engineering is so interesting because it goes against the clichee of the hacker as this introverted shut-in that never talks to anyone.
You mean to tell me that bold-faced lying, bluffing and *shudders* interacting with people is hacking, too?
I thought you nerds got into computers so that you ~don't~ have to talk to people lmao

[russe]

Its OK to talk to Thor, you might learn something.
Thor WILL learn something.

[fatherflash]

thor is the "nicest", dangerous person ever imo

[zero]

Thors voice is one of those voices that you trust right away but you shount trust :D

[matthewdeavitt]

I was playing an older game with an older crowd that had voice chat in game. Guy I'm playing with didn't know I could hear his wife in the background spouting off what sounded like personal info. I clicked my mic on to let him know and he promptly turned it off after thanking me.

[GreyAcumen]

I learn more about technology and people from just a half dozen short clips of thor than I do from half a dozen years of life in general.

[lucbloom]

Had to put a highpass filter on the audio so my house would not collapse.

[TraxtasyMedia]

Thor seems to be such an innocent guy, but when he starts small talking, you should be really worried. 😮

[oNtuobAwoH]

A good takeaway from that first story, as I see it:
- inexperience is advanced by making it easier
- experience is advanced by making it harder

[KosstAmojan]

Social Engineering is the fine art of letting other people have your own way.