Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris will be talking with Josh Brown and Rachel Jones, both from the Department of Homeland Security. They join us to discuss what Pig Butchering scams are and how we can protect ourselves. [March 18, 2024]
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Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris will be talking with Josh Brown and Rachel Jones, both from the Department of Homeland Security. They join us to discuss what Pig Butchering scams are and how we can protect ourselves. [March 18, 2024]
00:00 – Intro
00:18 – Intro Links:
- Social-Engineer.com– http://www.social-engineer.com/
- Managed Voice Phishing– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
- Managed Email Phishing– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
- Adversarial Simulations– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK– https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
- CLUTCH– http://www.pro-rock.com/
- org– http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/
02:13 – Josh Brown & Rachel Jones Intro
02:52 – Why the Secret Service?
03:44 – Pig Butchering
05:47 – A Global Issue
06:40 – Same Scam, New Method
09:14 – The 12 Steps
13:53 – Pseudo Anonymous
15:13 – Point of Origin
15:38 – Real Money, Fake Return
18:33 – Making it Right!
19:46 – Call Your Local Agent
21:35 – Don’t Know, Don’t Answer
25:27 – Walk the Dog
27:44 – It Needs to Make Sense
29:58 – What’s Next?
31:25 – Global Concerns
34:30 – Book Recommendations
- The Total Money Makeover- Dave Ramsey
- Tracers in the Dark – Andy Greenberg
36:34 – Online Links
- Website: secretservice.gov
- Website: usajobs.gov
- Email: [email protected]
37:50 – Wrap Up & Outro