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Defending against unlimited penalty shots. [Hacking Humans Live!]
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This week, hosts of N2K CyberWire Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner head to Orlando to attend ThreatLocker's Zero Trust World 2026 (ZTW). There, they discussed the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. Joe Carrigan was unable to join the team, but they have a very special guest, host of the BowTieSecurityGuy After Dark podcast, Rob Whetstine. He is one of the featured speakers this week at Zero Trust World, and he shared experiences from his career at companies like Disney and highlights from his ZTW presentation on Phishing.
Maria's story involves a Maine Supreme Court hearing on a case involving a financial advisory firm that was mislead by a client. Dave highlights a malvertising campaign by a threat actor researchers call D-Shortiez. In our Catch of the Day, comes from the Scambait Subreddit where Mavis offers up large sums of money for a $50 Visa Debit card. We thank Rob for joining us as our special guest.
Resources and links to stories:
Maine Law Court hears oral arguments in $1.3M elder scam case.
Disrupting 59M Malicious Impressions: Inside D-Shortiez Testing Infrastructure and Campaign Management.
Rob Whetstine's BowTieSecurityGuy After Dark podcast.
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