Subliminal Hacking
The Art and Science of Social Engineering


 
 

 
Social Engineering

A Rubbish Post.. Dumpster Diving

So I am sat here thinking what to write about this week, and I kept going over things, but for one reason or another my mind is elsewhere. I kept thinking, no, that will be a rubbish post. Then it hit me…. dumpster diving...
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Misdirection

Faking It To Make It … Fake Data Generation Recommendations List

Depending on your history and how you got into InfoSec you may or may not of been exposed to the world of developer testing, if you did I am sure you have many unhappy memories of arguing why “real” data should not ...
by Dale Pearson
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Hypnosis

Derren Brown Apocalypse … Fake or Real … My Opinion

I should start this post by saying that I am a huge Derren Brown fan, so I am probably commenting from a biased / rose tinted view but I am certainly trying not to when I share my views on Derren’s latest TV offering Apoc...
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Subliminal Hacking

Wasting Time With The PC Wizard Scammers … Fixing The Problems You Never Knew You Had

So its a cold Monday morning in November 2013 and the phone rings, who could this be? Sadly its not someone calling me to tell me there are millions of pounds to be had if I can just send some money over, instead it turns out I...
by Dale Pearson
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Subliminal Hacking

Text Message Scammers … ID Theft Attempt & Run

Thought I would share some info on a text scam I got a few weeks ago. I setup a fake email account, got a burner number to make relevant calls and generated fake name, address, card number etc to see how these guys would respon...
by Dale Pearson
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