In July 2019, Ofcom introduced a new way to handle number portability for UK customers. The idea was a simple one, make it possible for people to text ‘PAC’ to 65075 and within seconds a SIM porting request is in …
Screeching at a Poster
You might have missed last weeks incident on Twitter. It started off as a casual bit of annoyance, but quickly escalated in to a full on witch hunt for the Police. For those of you hiding under a rock and …
Explaining Physical Social Engineering
The world of Red-teams and Social Engineering can be quite insular. As someone who founded The AntiSocial Engineer, I know that was almost part of the design and philosophy at the time. We weren’t interested in doing things like other …
Cocaine & Credentials
I recently had the pleasure to watch a talk at BSides Leeds by Darren Martyn. He’s a security researcher who really understands the criminal ecosystem of stolen credentials. The talk focussed on ‘scum lords’, the term he chooses for those …
Cyber Security Terminology
Get to know some useful cybersecurity terminology!
Disregard For Data
We used to report data concerns to companies in the most archaic manner. We became efficient and employed tools such as Spiderfoot HX to help us scale up this discovery processes. We then tried to streamline reporting and even made …
The AntiSocial Engineer Newsletter
Hello! I am Richard, the founder of The AntiSocial Engineer and I wanted to introduce the new AntiSocial Newsletter. The team and I have waited several years to release a newsletter due to the desire to really make them special. …
VPNs for Normal People
It’s been quite a week in the media for VPN providers. Two large companies have had breaches of security in some way or another and the industry dumpster fire has had a fresh poke and a few new logs chucked …
Keeping Children Safe Online
Online safety for children isn’t just a blog for us. It’s the very reason our business was founded. We had this crazy idea to help the police years ago and remove some of the burden of social engineering attacks. The …
Remember Innovative Passwords
Ben is currently studying computer science at secondary school. He is on work experience at The AntiSocial Engineer learning about the challenges businesses face when it comes to cybercrime.
Hey Siri, ruin my life
Normally we take pride in demonstrating a cutting edge social engineering technique, but as I write this article the only feeling I have is utter dismay. I am ashamed of the regulatory body. Ofcom (The Office of Communications, the UK …
Troublesome Terminology
When tasked with teaching employees about social engineering, the industry doesn’t half make it hard. People sat in marketing that have never sent a phishing email, or set foot in an office with a key-logger in their pocket chirp up …
Doorstep Data Collection
Shampoo, bubble bath and room sprays, Avon has everything you need to unwind in aromatherapy euphoria. But would you feel so relaxed knowing that your data might be vulnerable to criminals? For those who don’t know, Avon is a company …
How To Activate 2-Factor
Have you ever wondered how you activate 2-factor? This 2 minute guide will help you understand this.
All Inclusive Scams
If there is one thing that always impresses me it’s the ways scammers rotate what they do, many marketing teams could learn a thing or two by watching this. Scammers are always the first ones to exploit seasonal events. Be …
AntiSocial Blocklist – Community Version Launch
The AntiSocial Blocklist was a concept debated quickly in a passing idea, it quickly spiralled off into an obsession. The logic was obtained from working with victims of crime and our hands on experience of social engineering attacks. We know …
Looking For Fraud
Here at The AntiSocial Engineer we are always keen to identify the things that enable social engineers. The name is more than a play on words, our business is all about throwing the spanners into serious organised crime and making …
CEO Fraud: Cutting Everything Out
CEO Fraud is the catchy name for frauds that are committed by a criminal, that pretends to be the company CEO or another high-level member of staff. The internet is awash with guides about CEO Fraud, but few seem to …
Twitter is Broken
Twitter by SMS So let’s get the boring stuff out the way! if you have a phone number connected to your Twitter account you can SMS Twitter and do social media stuff via SMS message. An SMS of ‘RT @Twitter’ …
The AntiSocial AntiGrinch Giveaway
Because it’s Christmas we thought it would be good if we could give back and try to get five six lucky families using a secure password manager – like 1Password. We want to give lucky winners a voucher to start their family …