Social Engineering at Scale, For Fun

Explore social engineering tactics and their large-scale impacts in this 28-minute conference talk from BSidesLV 2018. Delve into the world of misinformation, fake events, and diverted crisis efforts as Sara-Jayne Terp examines how individuals, communities, and entire social platforms can be targeted. Understand the motivations behind these attacks, from jokers and mobs to nation-states, and learn about the artifacts and stories used to manipulate. Discover strategies for managing risk, coordinating defense teams, and repairing the damage caused by social engineering campaigns. Gain insights into typical attack plans, opponent strategies, and effective defense mechanisms to protect against social engineering at scale.

Intro
Misinformation
Social Engineering
Scale
Community Response
Individuals: Fake Events
Communities: Diverted Crisis Efforts
Targeting Your Brain
Targetting groups
Targetting All Social Sites
Targetting everyone
JOKERS
MOBS
NATION-STATES
What do they want?
Artifacts: Context
Stories
Report the Money
Engage
Repair
Typical Plans
Manage Risk
Coordinate with other Teams
Your Opponents
Your Defences
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