Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute

Congratulations to Qinyuan "Olivia" Wu on her class ring awarded by the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Council! Learn more about Qinyuan's role in establishing the JHU chapter of Women in CyberSecurity - WiCyS in a special student spotlight.

Student Spotlight: Qinyuan “Olivia” Wu, ’23 The recent CS graduate reflects on her undergraduate career at Hopkins and her experience as a woman in the cybersecurity field.

ISI hosted another successful Cybersecurity Conference for Executives with Ankura this year. Check out the recap:

JHU Information Security Institute hosts 9th Annual Cybersecurity Conference for Executives Industry experts discussed current and emerging cybersecurity and privacy regulations, the future of cyber regulatory compliance, and how organizations can develop and enhance cyber and privacy programs at the 9th Annual Cybersecurity Conference for Executives.

This week on Hacking Humans, ISI’s Joe Carrigan has a warning from the IRS about scammers using the new child tax credit as a ruse to get victims to provide personal information: https://bit.ly/3z8niZV.

Effective cybersecurity training has to be meaningful to employees. Guest Jann Yogman, entertainment industry veteran and writer of Mimecast Awareness Training, joins Dave to share his thoughts on the ransomware epidemic and the cybersecurity awareness training problem, Joe's got a story about scams targeting families eligible for the IRS' child tax credit, Dave's s...

Johns Hopkins Hospital ranked No. 4 nationally by 'U.S. News' The hospital is recognized in all 15 specialty areas, including No. 1 overall rankings in psychiatry and rheumatology

This week on Hacking Humans, ISI's Joe Carrigan covers a listener story about a scam targeting real estate investors who are looking for “Hard Money Loans.” Hard money is a niche market in the lending world, but because there are large sums of money and short time frames, the market is a target for scammers:

Acceleration of our digital lives and impacts on cybercrime. Guest Darren Shou, Chief Technology Officer of NortonLifeLock, shares insight on some of the scams he and his colleagues have been tracking, Joe and Dave share some follow up from listener Robert about free learning resources, Joe's story comes from listener Sedric who is new to real estate Investin...

Two cybersecurity students named 2021 Gerald M. Masson Fellows:

Two cybersecurity students named 2021 Gerald M. Masson Fellows - JHU Information Security Institute Sara Catherine Weill ’21 and Jonathan Prokos have been named 2021 Gerald M. Masson Fellows. Established in 2018 to honor the Department of Computer Science’s inaugural chair and founding director of the JHU Information Security Institute, these fellowships aim to encourage computer science under...

This week on Hacking Humans, ISI’s Joe Carrigan discusses the nature of bad information and how it is used to shape your opinions:

It's ok to be trusting, just be careful. Guest Gil Friedrich from Avanan joins Dave to talk about how bad actors are infiltrating organizations using collaboration apps, we have two pieces of listener follow up from Michael and Tobias, Joe has a story about fake information, Dave's story is about message spam on LinkedIn, and our Catch of....

This week on Hacking Humans, ISI’s Joe Carrigan talks discusses some research out of UMBC where experts in Cybersecurity and Medicine were not able to discern AI generated fake reports from genuine reports:

Bad password hygiene jeopardizes streaming services. Guest Matthew Gracey-McMinn joins us from Netacea to speak with Dave about security issues with streaming services, Joe shares some follow-up from listener Jason about a bracelet sale mentioned a few episodes ago, Joe's story is from UMBC about AI-generated fake news reports, Dave's got a story abou...

This week on Hacking Humans, ISI’s Joe Carrigan shares a story from a listener who’s friend was targeted by a scammer on Facebook Marketplace:

Pandemic taxes: later due dates afford more time for scams. Guest Robert Capps of NuData Security joins Dave to discuss what businesses can do to bolster their protection against tax fraud, Joe and Dave have some follow-up from 2 episodes ago when they discussed a BazarLoader scam: Wired has a recent article with a twist about a totally fake streaming site c...

After a string of recent cyberattacks, the Biden administration is urging corporate executives to up their defensive strategies against possible ransomware attacks, but what does that involve? ISI's Joseph Carrigan explains:

Expert explains what defensive measures to take against cyberattacks After a string of recent cyberattacks, the Biden administration is urging corporate executives to up their defensive strategies against possible ransomware attacks, but what does that involve?

This week on Hacking Humans, ISI’s Joe Carrigan talks about a Chicagoland couple who had $40,000 withdrawn from their retirement account into an attacker-controlled bank account fraudulently opened in their name:

The fight in the dog. Guests Jan Kallberg and Col Stephen Hamilton of Army Cyber Institute at West Point join Dave to talk about cognitive force protection, Joe and Dave have some follow-up from a listener named Obada about Apple only allowing 2FA through SMS, Dave shares a story about Google's plan to require MFA for al...

This week on Hacking Humans, ISI’s Joe Carrigan has some research from email security company Armorblox. They found some emails claiming to be from Amazon that bypassed spam filters and lured the user to call a phone number where they would be scammed:

Hacking people vs. hacking technologies to get into companies. Guest Tim Sadler from Tessian on how oversharing on social media and in OOO messages can open the door for hackers, Joe shares a story about vishing emails from "Amazon" that had spam confidence levels of 1, Dave's story is about an elaborate BazarLoader campaign counting on a lot of human interacti...