Hacking Humans
Deception, influence, and social engineering in the world of cyber crime.
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September 17, 2026 • 57 mins
This week, hosts of N2K CyberWire Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner alongside Joe Carrigan...
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September 15, 2026 • 6 mins
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The manipulation of search engine optimization, SEO, to promote malicious sites in search engine results.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/search-engine-optimization-poisoning
Audio reference link: Brown, B.E., 2021. The Ending Of The Waldo Moment Explained [Video]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsWja44-EMg.
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September 10, 2026 • 53 mins
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September 8, 2026 • 46 mins
Welcome in! You’ve entered, Only Malware in the Building. Join us each month to sip tea and solve mysteries about today’s most interesting threats. Your host is Selena Larson, Proofpoint intelligence analyst and host of their podcast DISCARDED. Inspired by the residents of a building in New York’s exclusive upper west...
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September 8, 2026 • 7 mins
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The practice of crafting a fake online persona for malicious purposes.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/catfish
Audio reference link: netbunny, 2013. Catfish - The Movie - Ending Scene [Movie Scene]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR_NIN6zy0U
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September 3, 2026 • 44 mins
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September 1, 2026 • 7 mins
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A passwordless authentication protocol based on the FIDO2 standard.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/passkey
Audio reference link: Summers, J., 2023. Google Passkeys Have Arrived (here’s how to use them) [All Things Secured Channel]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFO7JgUx-bU.
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August 27, 2026 • 57 mins
This week, we’re celebrating a pretty big milestone: 400 episodes of Hacking Humans! Along the way, we’ve shared hundreds of stories, scams, lessons, and plenty of memorable Catch of the Days—and we couldn’t have made it this far without you.
To everyone who has listened, written in with a story, sent us a Catch of the Day, or simply learned to be a little more suspicious of that weird text message: thank y...
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August 20, 2026 • 59 mins
This week, while Dave is out, hosts Maria Varmazis and Joe Carrigan are discussing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. Maria and Joe are joined by friend of the show Michele Kellerman. We sta...
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August 18, 2026 • 11 mins
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Definition one: The recognition of a set of repeatable attack patterns across the intrusion kill chain.
Definition two: Determining the responsibility for offensive cyber operations.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/attribution
Audio reference link: Nunnikhoven, M., 2018. Cybersecurity Basics #9 - Attack Attribution [Video]. YouTube. URL www.youtube.com/watch...
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August 13, 2026 • 49 mins
This week, while Dave is out, hosts Maria Varmazis and Joe Carrigan are discussing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. Maria and Joe are joined by friend of the show Michele Kellerman. We start wit...
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August 11, 2026 • 9 mins
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A type of cyber attack where an attacker sends a targeted and personalized email or other form of communication to a specific individual or a small group of individuals with the intention of tricking them into divulging sensitive information, such as a password, or convincing them to click a malicious link that will enable the attacker to take control of the victim's machine.
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August 6, 2026 • 51 mins
This week, hosts of N2K CyberWire Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner alongside Joe Carrigan are discu...
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August 4, 2026 • 49 mins
Welcome in! You’ve entered, Only Malware in the Building. Join us each month to sip tea and solve mysteries about today’s most interesting threats. Your host is Selena Larson, Proofpoint intelligence analyst and host of their podcast DISCARDED. Inspired by the residents of a building in New York’s exclusive upper west side,...
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August 4, 2026 • 9 mins
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The ability to continuously deliver the intended outcome despite adverse cyber events.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/resiliency
Audio reference link: Cameron, J., 1984. The Terminator [Movie]. IMDb. URL www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/.
Clip Nation, 2012. The Arnold Schwarzenegger “I’ll Be Back” Supercut [Video]. Yo...
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July 30, 2026 • 39 mins
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July 28, 2026 • 10 mins
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A centralized facility or team responsible for monitoring, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity incidents within an organization.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/security-operations-center
Audio reference link: AT&T Tech Channel, 2012. A tour of AT&T’s Network Operations Center (1979) [Video]. YouTube. URL www.youtube.com/watch?...
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July 23, 2026 • 49 mins
This week, hosts of N2K CyberWire Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner alongside Joe Carrigan are discussing the latest...
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July 21, 2026 • 6 mins
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Defensive cyber operations carried out by U.S. Cyber Command's Cyber National Mission Force, CNMF at the request of allied nations.
CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/hunt-forward-operation
Audio reference link: Paul Nakasone, G., 2022. Vanderbilt Summit Keynote [Video]. YouTube. URL www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axg4s9l9wi0.
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July 16, 2026 • 39 mins
This week, while Maria is out hosts Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan are discussing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. Dave covers a phishing campaign using fake Facebook verification emails to trick use...
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