Tim talks about the most common types of social engineering attacks and some tactics to implement to ensure you stand the best chance of protecting yourself from yourself (and from your employees accidentally making a mistake).

In this episode, you will learn:

• How cognitive biases make social engineering so effective


• How 8 common social engineering attacks work


• Why it’s important to not only have processes for your employees to follow, but for them to understand why the processes exist


• What you can learn from attacks on other businesses

This episode is brought to you by The Jed Mahonis Group, where we make sense of mobile app development with our non-technical approach to building custom mobile software solutions. Learn more at https://jmg.mn.

Recorded April 13, 2020 | Edited by Jordan Daoust

Show Notes:

• Robert Cialdini’s 6 Principles of Persuasion


• How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking