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Cyber Confessions

See the below video series "Cyber Confessions"

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking humans.  Unsuspecting people from all walks of life fall victim.  This series shares the stories of those people.  This series is a dramatization based on real events. This is Cyber Confessions.     

 

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Cyber Confessions

Confessions of a Social Engineer

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. In this episode, a social engineer boasts about taking down a large company with simple tactics.

Confessions of a Vishing Victim

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. In this episode, a victim talks about how she was nearly scammed out of $500 with a single phone call.

Confessions of a Ransomware Victim

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. In this episode, a victim talks about how he and his former employer became victims of ransomware.

Confessions of a CEO

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. In this episode, a CEO talks about how his assistant—and in turn, his organization—became the victim of BEC (business email compromise).

Confessions of a Ransomware Survivor

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. In this episode, a victim talks about how her organization successfully recovered from a ransomware attack.

Confessions of a Remote Worker

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. In this episode, a victim talks about how she fell victim to a Zoom video conference scam via a spoofed email.

Confessions of a Social Media Victim

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. This is the story of Melody, the victim of a social media phishing attack that led to bank fraud.

Confessions of an Insider Threat

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. Employees must pay close attention to cybersecurity training. Andrew’s lack of training led to a mistake that cost his organization massive data loss.

Confessions of a Woman in the Middle

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. Michaela was one of those criminals. She explains man-in-the-middle attacks and how to protect your data when working in public places.

Confessions of a Password Recycler

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. This is the story of Beck, who fell victim to a data breach due to poor password practices.

Confessions of a Social Butterfly

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. With the increasing use of social media in the workplace, any employee may easily jeopardize their organization. In Emile’s case, he accidentally shared confidential information on his social channel.

Confessions of a Policy Breaker

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. This is Katherine’s story, a victim of a phishing attack that led to her violating policy and causing a huge financial loss for her organization.

Confessions from LinkedIn

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing series that focuses on social engineering attacks. In this episode, learn how fake accounts pose a threat on LinkedIn.

Confessions of a Mobile Manager

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing series that focuses on social engineering attacks. In this episode, learn about the downsides of a bring your own device policy in the workplace.

Confessions of a ChatGPT Novice

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing series that focuses on social engineering attacks. In this episode, hear the story of a software developer who accidentally caused a data breach using ChatGPT.

Confessions of a Password Protector

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing news magazine series that focuses on stories of victims and criminals alike. In this episode, learn how password managers can be hacked.

Confessions of a Smishing Victim

As technology continues to improve cybersecurity, criminals have taken to hacking the human. Cyber Confessions is an ongoing series that focuses on social engineering attacks. In this episode, you’ll learn more about smishing attacks.