Anyone else amazed that a convention for people who speak to computers for a living had so much technical trouble?

36:38 "When you know something, that's when you should be scared. When you feel like you know your techniques, your protocols, and you're absolute, that's when you should be scared because you have no room for doubt, and doubt is what makes us secure."

This talk completely changed how I look at the world and how I think about multitasking.I will never forget the trick with the watch.

That was savage when he took the watch straight off the guy. Too good.

A little analogy for social engineering I've always liked is that of an iceberg - when you talk to someone they present you the above surface information, the tip of the iceberg, and our minds automatically try to fill in the blanks, assuming there's a lot more under the surface. The trouble is if the tip of the iceberg is presented to you well then you're going to assume that there's more to see below, i.e. you only have to give a few small credentials or confidence tricks but if all of those flag correctly in the mark's mind, they're going to assume automatically that everything else about you checks out too. I think one of the biggest mistakes people new to social engineering make is they try to give too much information, make that tip of the iceberg seem too big, with many claims that can be checked out quickly by the mark and proven to be false, instead you want to focus on a few little things that they can trust you on and let their subconscious fill in the blanks and assume you've got their best interests in mind. For people looking to protect themselves, the key thing to remember is that your mind is always going to fill in that bit of the iceberg under the surface without you choosing to put it there. If someone's wearing the right clothes, talking the right way, seemingly wearing the right badge, your subconscious has already said "Okay I can trust him!", so your job is now to be the fact checker and to always add an element of doubt/suspicion to any of your checks even if the person seems to be ticking all the boxes. Just because someone calling you up asking for information says it's urgent and you don't want to get in trouble, doesn't mean you need to start compromising on security and risking putting yourself in an even bigger mess. Whatever the tip of the iceberg looks like, assume there to be no substance beneath it unless you've verified otherwise. Another simple tip that's surely obvious to a lot of you but sometimes goes forgotten: Trust gut feelings when they tell you something's wrong, but don't trust them when it comes to assuming they're right - it's those feelings we play on when we're social engineering, and someone who doesn't know how to social engineer correctly will set off all those intuitive red flags, but advanced confidence tricksters really won't, so you need to be able to doubt even the people you feel most comfortable around when it comes down to it.

1:57 The Con Artist 4:17 Entering someone’s Personal Space 9:46 Resources 11:41 Humor 14:18 The mentalist 16:55 Con Film 26:31 Grifter

The live stealing demo (31:15) actually rocked my world. I don't even know how to feel, other than fundamentally mind-fucked.

ohhh yeah the TED talk. I knew I saw him before. He does the one where he changes shirt half way through and you don't even notice.

"It's something the plane can't leave without." Holy shit, I didn't notice that the whole time?

A very good talk. Probably one of my favorites.

'Do the job, and walk in garden like a boss' : That's the Gentlemen thief . . . (Social Engineering)

that short is so fucking good, do more!!!!

Love seeing magic utilized in the tech scene. Makes me really happy.

Fantastic talk, very stimulating!

Why is it that every time. I watch one of these about all these smart people they can't get the projector to work

A different level of security. Love it.

Oh, bravo to you on "multitasking"...I couldn't agree more! For dummies: There is no way you can give 100% of your attention to more than one thing at a time. Period. I mean, literally, you have to admit that as a fact, and once you do that, what else is there?

16:50 the movie. even with the slowmotion on it was hard to see whats going on.

You call it social engineering, I call it cappin

Great Video

The part in the short movie where the kid puts a magazine above the ladies purse when she throws the phone in and slides in down the magazine and into his hand is slick as fuck.

That film was 100% genius...

This has perplexed me a long time: I "found" the photo difference instantly (1-2 frames), but I didn't see *what​ exactly* was different for several more; I just knew /where/. Same thing for spelling, or security anomalies; I tripped "right here" but "why" has a blasted delay. Anybody else do this / have a way to improve response?

That was amazing.

Amon Tobin in the soundtrack around 24:00. Nice.

I like how they used Amon Tobin - who himself is from Montreal.

Does anyone know where I can find that engine appearing and disappearing gif?

I'm pretty sure Apollo played as a thief on Leverage in the episode "Too Live Crew"

@HackersOnBoard Where do you find this footage? I guess it's not recorded by the uploader.

PSA: This is not the general public.

i wish programmers were also magicians like me

Seriously, what's the name of that damn podcast?

I wonder how many people lowered their hands by the time he asked "does that answer your question?"

Very interesting and informative. Have you ever attempted to get the pistol off a cop or security guard?

What podcast are they talking about?

Always with the audio problems!

36:42 What apparently they didn't notice is the tail number/symbol is disappearing

gotta love how they keep changing labels, kinda like how "garbage men" are now "sanitation engineers". Everybody is an "engineer" today, lol.

what is the podcast he has???

What maximum security prison doesn't have bars on the windows..? Lol.

Engineering is a lot like eating. Bite off more than you can chew and you risk choking on it.

"If you are not attending to something, you cannot perceive it." I really have doubts about that. Why would you pay attention to something, if you didn't perceive it first? For example, a jet fighter flies above you, first you hear it, and then you pay attention to the sound, maybe raise your eyes and start looking for it.

What’s their podcast?

I have a question: How did he get his voice to sound like Tom Cruise sometimes?

@11:23 just realized this talk has some connection to that NLP/The Game shit

@7:40-8:00 just realized I am watching an education video for the IMF

Drew Pickles!

What's the name of "the Podcast"?

C'est la vie

learn how to use projectors in the hackerspace and be set for life

Maybe somebody should teach these guys computer engineering...

it took me about 2 seconds to notice the engine was gone but did anyone else notice the image on the tail changed a small bit?

what is the name of the speaker?

The moment the stole the things from the random guys lol wtf

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What's great is that I work Security.. and yeah, my trainer's name was Frank... XD

This guy sounds like Tom Cruise

27:20

Hmmmm all seems very theatrical to me

Apollo? Huh....

Apollo's one of those dudes who Id imagine could talk the pants off of any woman

Holy shit, that movie was HORRIBLE. I'm actually surprised how bad it was. Jesus Christ. Wow.

1:45 such a bad joke hahahahah, so not suitable for that situation.

The guy at the beginning sounds like Trump

im dumb and i don't know how to speak your language

Oh, what a coincidence - my wife specializes in psychological manipulation, too! 🤔

As soon as I saw the ridiculous over-acted and over-produced con video he made I knew he had to have something to do with the idiotic Leverage show. Yep, IMDB confirms he is a consultant. Leverage is a heist show for people who think they are smarter than they are, just like Robbins.

great talk! (except the fact that the guy with the strange voice was so annoying)

Its called bullshitting. Social engineering is such an asbergers way of putting it.

teach me how to get girls

Bullshitting is an art form not something you can read and book and get good at. If you have a hard time getting girls to go out with you , you a probably not going to be good at bullshitting. I ca learn everything abut you without asking you a single question about you. You just get people to make assumptions of what you know. People often ask me "How did you know that?" My response is always "You just told me." If you are reading this look at your posture right now. If you are slumped you are a potential target. Can you figure out why?

Really cheesy example

This is bs