Episodes

  • The grinch who hacked Christmas.

    The grinch who hacked Christmas.
    Dec 24 2023
    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of a fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch some holiday classics, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your Christmas cookies and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Cartoon) The Greening of the Grinch (magazine) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • Cops in the catfish game.

    Cops in the catfish game.
    Nov 23 2023
    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie: Chicago P.D. Rick's clip from the movie: The Imitation Game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • Spooky, scary, skeletons at the movies.

    Spooky, scary, skeletons at the movies.
    Oct 29 2023
    Thanks for joining us again for a very special and scary episode brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering, scams, and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some frightfully fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie: Halloween III Rick's clip from the movie: Get Out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Rooting vs routing.

    Rooting vs routing.
    Sep 24 2023
    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie: Matchstick Men Rick's clip from the movie: Mr. Robot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • Are you pretending to be Russian?

    Are you pretending to be Russian?
    Aug 5 2023
    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie: HEARTBREAKERS Rick's clip from the movie: Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan Dave's Second clip: Russian Restaurant Dave's Third clip: Funny scene 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • Criminals...assemble!

    Criminals...assemble!
    Jun 11 2023
    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie: Ocean's 8 Rick's clip from the movie: Avengers Endgame Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • Who says the perfect heist doesn't exist?

    Who says the perfect heist doesn't exist?
    May 21 2023
    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie Out of Sight Rick's clip from the movie The Thomas Crown Affair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • As a scammer, sometimes you need to fake it till you make it.

    As a scammer, sometimes you need to fake it till you make it.
    Apr 9 2023
    Thanks for joining us again for another episode of fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies and television shows with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear Dave and co-host Joe Carrigan talk about on Hacking Humans. In this episode, Dave and Rick watch each of the selected scenes, describe the on-screen action for you, and then they deconstruct what they saw. Grab your bowl of popcorn and join us for some fantastic scams and frauds. Links to this episode's clips if you'd like to watch along: Dave's clip from the movie The Princess Bride Rick's clip from the movie Now You See Me 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins