The Human Exploit: Gaining Access Through Principles of Persuasion

Presented at THOTCON 0xA (2019), May 3, 2019, 11 a.m. (50 minutes)

As technical controls advance, so do the human exploits used to circumvent them. Join Rachel for her keynote as she covers the latest academic research in behavior and neuroscience, and explains how human exploits and principles of persuasion are evolving to gain access to money, data and systems. You'll hear social engineering stories from the field, evidence-based persuasion methods applied to human hacking, and examples of how to leverage (and defend against) these attack methods IRL.

Presenters:

• Rachel Tobac
  Rachel is the CEO & Co-founder of SocialProof Security where she helps people and companies keep their data safe by training and pentesting them on social engineering risks. Rachel was also a winner of DEF CON's wild spectator sport, the Social Engineering Capture the Flag contest, 3 years in a row. Rachel has shared her real life social engineering stories with NPR, Huffington Post, Business Insider, TWiT, USA Today and many more. In her remaining spare time, Rachel works as the Chair of the Board for the nonprofit Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) where she works to advance women to lead in the fields.

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• 30C3 (2013) / Human Rights and Technology: "A New Hope" or "The Empire Strikes Back"?
• DEF CON 17 (2009) / Hacking, Biohacking, and the Future of Humanity
• GrrCON 2015 / The art of hacking a human