Foiling Grandparent Scams: How Vigilance and Communication Saved a Family
How a family’s preparedness and quick thinking protected their grandfather from falling victim to a cunning scheme involving his grandson.
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Peter Warmka
- Jul 11
- 2 min
Empowering Our Seniors: Safeguarding Privacy, Security, and Well-being in the Digital Age
How can elders, the most vulnerable and victimized segment of the population, protect their information?
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Christine Warmka
- Jan 26
- 2 min
How Human Hackers use Motivations and Vulnerabilities to their Advantage
Learn about human hacking tactics & how to protect yourself from social engineers who exploit motivations & vulnerabilities.
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Christine Warmka
- Jan 19
- 3 min
What Do Your Social Media Profiles Reveal to Human Hackers?
Social media platforms all offer a different perspective and reveal different types of information about you to the human hacker.
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Christine Warmka
- Dec 1, 2022
- 2 min
How Human Hackers Select Insider Targets
An insider is an individual who has regular unescorted access to the facilities of a target or to their IT network.
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Christine Warmka
- Oct 21, 2022
- 3 min
How Human Hackers Analyze Targets
What can a human hacker find out about you on the web?
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Peter Warmka
- Jun 29, 2022
- 3 min
Threat Actors to Look Out For - State Actors
Practically every nation state in the world has an intelligence apparatus.
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Peter Warmka
- Jun 22, 2022
- 5 min
How the CIA Recruited Me
I never envisioned working for the Federal Government, let alone, working for the CIA.
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Christine Warmka
- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
How Do Human Hackers Choose Their Targets?
“My organization would never be targeted by a hacker or criminal group, let alone a foreign intelligence service!” If this is your...
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Christine Warmka
- May 16, 2022
- 2 min
Why Hack Humans?
It all depends on the intent of the human hacker.
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Christine Warmka
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Look Out for this Black Friday Scam
There is more to phishing emails than simply just not clicking on a link.
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Peter Warmka
- Oct 22, 2021
- 3 min
Security Experts Being Deceived by Fake Profiles is a Reality
Fake profiles like Robin Sage live on as security experts are still trusting invitations to connect on social media from imposters.
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Peter Warmka
- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min
The Story Behind the Story of a CIA Spy
What can you learn from a former CIA spy who spent his career artfully manipulating innocent people to steal high value secrets?
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Peter Warmka
- Jun 18, 2020
- 3 min
LinkedIn Networking: Unmasking the Deception
False LinkedIn profiles are often created by criminal groups as well as foreign intelligence services for the purpose of breaching security
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Peter Warmka
- Feb 22, 2020
- 2 min
Fallen Victims: Trade Show Targeting
How a Russian company acquired trade secrets from an unsuspecting marketing representative.
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Peter Warmka
- Feb 3, 2020
- 3 min
Fallen Victims: Spear Phishing the CEO
Hackers target CEO of consultancy firm to breach the security of the Department of Defense.
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Peter Warmka
- Jan 16, 2020
- 4 min
Fallen Victims: Recruited by Headhunter to Commit Espionage
How an information technology specialist was recruited by a “headhunter” to commit industrial espionage.
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Peter Warmka
- Dec 16, 2019
- 3 min
Fallen Victims: How A Receptionist Got Vished
Christine was so excited to have landed the receptionist job with her employer.
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Peter Warmka
- Dec 1, 2019
- 3 min
Confessions of a CIA Spy
What is of more serious concern is the general apathy of those who believe that they will never fall victim to such security breach attempts
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Christine Warmka
- Aug 27, 2019
- 3 min
A Spy’s Daughter’s Take on Online Dating
My dad taught me more about online dating than anyone ever has. No, he didn't meet my mom on Tinder, but he was a CIA agent.
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