Social engineering through the use of fake news

Open/download audioSocial engineering is the phrase that describes how people with an agenda use real names and sites to spoof you. And it seems that no one is immune to these elaborate manipulations. In this podcast, Kim looks at the latest scheme that spoofed the world’s largest asset management company as well as some news organizations.

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