Ep. 325 - Security Awareness Series - A Crystal Ball for Mitigating Threats With Chris and Carter

Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris is joined by Carter Zupancich. Chris and Carter explore the evolving landscape of social engineering threats, focusing on the rise of vishing attacks and the role of AI in enhancing these tactics. Their discussion underscores the importance of empowering employees as a human firewall and the need for continuous education and testing to strengthen organizational security. [Oct 20, 2025] 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Carter Zupancich Intro - Website: 01:30 - Intro Links: - Social-Engineer.com - - Managed Voice Phishing - - Managed Email Phishing - - Adversarial Simulations - - Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - - CLUTCH - - innocentlivesfoundation.org - 03:35 - Tools, Tactics and Procedures 05:19 - Tech Advances 08:16 - The Classics 10:01 - The Need for Testing 12:16 - Callback Phishing 17:26 - Setting Expectations 21:56 - Approved Language 23:56 - Verify! 25:16 - Empowerment 26:17 - And Now a Horrible Story 28:47 - Investing In Employees 31:19 - Wrap Up & Outro - -

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Ep. 325 - Security Awareness Series - A Crystal Ball for Mitigating Threats With Chris and Carter is an episode from The Social-Engineer Podcast by Christopher Hadnagy.

This episode is 32:02 long.

This episode was published on Oct 20, 2025.

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