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Head Hacker – Social Engineering, Hypnosis, NLP and more…

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Information Security is a huge passion of mine, its more than just a job, its my way of life. I am sure to many people who are not as passionate, that’s sounds sad, boring and dull.

However, what if I was to talk to you about breaking into organisations, manipulating people to get information, and so much more. Sounds interesting, welcome to the world of Head Hacking.

Social Engineering is something many people have heard about, but we are clearly still not doing much about the people aspect of Information Security, and this is something we really need to patch.

Social Engineering, is different things to different people, but essentially its all about manipulation. There are many ways to manipulate people, but some of them are often overlooked, and maybe considered about out there. Social Engineering is something I enjoy, and linked with that are other passions which add many additional benefits. I am talking about Hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, Mind Tricks, Mentalism, Misdirection, Influence and more.

If any of this sparks some interest, then please visit and sign up to my new site Head Hacker. I hope to build this site into an interesting, topical and knowledgeable resource.

Thanks

Dale

Google, Bing, Twitter Mashup.. Social Networking / Engineering Heaven

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So if for some reason you are naive enough to think that your mindless twittering is somehow private, this should really make you think again.

It has been recently announced that both Microsoft’s Bing and Google search engines will now be featuring tweets in its search results, with Bing also having something going on with Facebook.

From the Google blog:

“Given this new type of information and its value to search, we are very excited to announce that we have reached an agreement with Twitter to include their updates in our search results. We believe that our search results and user experience will greatly benefit from the inclusion of this up-to-the-minute data, and we look forward to having a product that showcases how tweets can make search better in the coming months. That way, the next time you search for something that can be aided by a real-time observation, say, snow conditions at your favorite ski resort, you’ll find tweets from other users who are there and sharing the latest and greatest information.”

So what does this mean to you? Well it means every time your tweet to the world you have had a bathroom break, or that your going on holiday, or your not at home, or your goldfish has died, the whole world will see this in their search results in Google and Bing.

Something to be mindful of perhaps?? Remember, there is no privacy on the Interwebs.