Social Engineering the News

It might be called "Fake News" but it's really social engineering at a massive scale. And since Fake News taints our information stream, it is also a breach of data integrity, which should be everyone's concern. To make his point, Michael Schrenk explores the similarities between traditional social engineering and what has led to today's Fake News epidemic. During this talk, you will learn how hackers use OPSEC (Operations Security) to plan successful social engineering attacks. Additionally, you'll learn how information is weaponized, who's making money with fake news, and how it influences decisions at a governmental level (even how countries go to war over false news stories). You'll also explore techniques to guard against social engineering in your projects.