I socially engineered a social engineer. Here’s how.

Whilst I knew I had put a lot of thought into my pranks, as I edged closer to the infosec industry I did think the ‘prank’ label might not be doing me any favors. I’d gone with ‘EMAIL PRANKSTER’ as it was literally descriptive and added a clown horn to what I was doing, which… Continue reading I socially engineered a social engineer. Here’s how.

Social Engineering Speaker: Tales from my time as a email prankster, and protector.

After social engineering my way into the inboxes of White House staff and Banking CEOs I then went to work in email security — it was very much the fairy tail ending. For 3 years I manipulated BEC (Business Email Compromise) cyber-criminals into revealing specific intelligence which was then passed on to global financial institutions… Continue reading Social Engineering Speaker: Tales from my time as a email prankster, and protector.

Spear phishing the White House. Twice.

To me it seemed the most natural thing in the world. That once I’d concluded my pranking spree on Wall Street, and in lieu of a reply from Fort Knox (seriously) I would turn my sights towards email’s golden goose egg; the White House. An iconic symbol of global dominance and security, I reasoned that… Continue reading Spear phishing the White House. Twice.