Topic

Automated phishing

4 mentions in 2 episodes

Also known as Automated PIN phishing

The hosts discuss an experiment in which Twitter bots generated malicious links more effectively than a human competitor.

Mentions

227: Bots & B.S.

  • 1:22:40

    They basically made bots on Twitter to create malicious links to fish information.

  • 1:24:47

    What if the machines just do it better, more efficiently?

216: Lunchroom of Effervescent Healing

  • 1:15:29

    “Automatically creates robocalls to try to steal people’s credit card pins.”

  • 1:16:11

    “We need you to verify your pin number.”