Can I be Phished? Podcast
In this regular series Click Armor CEO and security expert Scott Wright will unbox the most common and dangerous phishing threats. Learn how to protect your employees and your business.
The Click Armor Phishing Checklist
In each episode, Scott uses his phishing checklist to analyze a different phishing message:
- Gut Feel Garbage
- Sender Sanity
- Link Elusiveness
- Body Believability
If you haven’t thrown out or cleared the message by step 4, you should ask for help from an IT support person.
Feedback and Topic Requests
Share your comments or make suggestions on phishing attacks or scams that you think would be valuable for our audience to understand.
Podcasts
Can I Be Phished? Ep. 8 – Zoom Zinger with Jeff Ton
This episode features Jeff Ton, speaker, explorer and author of "Amplify Your Value" and "Amplify Your Job Search". Jeff has some great tips and stories for MSPs and IT professionals who want to up their game. Try the "CAN I BE PHISHED?" online self-assessment game to...
Can I Be Phished? – Ep. 7 Funny FedEx Offer – featuring Pete Matheson
This episode features Pete Matheson, the founder of Tekkers IT Managed Services. Pete lives in the UK, and now coaches IT businesses on video marketing. Try the "CAN I BE PHISHED?" online self-assessment game to get a taste of how fun and effective gamified learning...
Guest appearance on The MSP Show: How gamification of cyber security awareness brings new value for MSPs
A few weeks ago I had Stuart Crawford from Ulistic MSP Marketing on as a guest in the "Can I Be Phished?" podcast, where we unboxed a phishing email that looked like an Amazon shipping confirmation. This time, I joined Stuart on The MSP Show, to discuss the benefits...
Can I Be Phished? Ep. 6 – Deceitful Delivery
This episode features Stuart Crawford, a fellow Canadian, now living in Florida. Stuart heads up Ulistic MSP Marketing, which helps service providers market their services to customers. Try the "CAN I BE PHISHED?" online self-assessment game to get a taste of how fun...
Can I Be Phished? Ep. 5 – Vexatious Voicemail
This episode features my guest Nora Cox, a veteran information security and risk management consultant. Nora and I worked together as Product Managers at security software company Entrust many years ago. Her experience in Chief Risk Officer and Chief Compliance...
Why would I ever be targeted by a cyberattacker?
Most people feel they will never be targeted by attackers because they aren't working on anything very exciting, when the reality is, anyone can and will be targeted, even if it is just as a stepping stone Here are some reasons that you may be targeted, even if you...
Can I Be Phished? Ep. 4 – Abnormal Administrator with Ted Demopoulos
This episode features my guest Ted Demopoulos, a veteran security consultant and author I've known for many years. Ted works in all areas of security, and is very active in helping consultants and entrepreneurs build their companies. Ted helps me unbox a phishing...
Can I Be Phished? Ep. 3 – Unboxing a phishing email from the World Health Organization with Shawn Tuma
In our third episode of Can I Be Phished? we welcome Shawn Tuma, a data privacy and cyber security lawyer at Spencer Fane law firm in Houston, Texas. Shawn helps me unbox another phishing message that is offering something enticing from the World Health Organization....
What is gamification?
While some people assert that there is a single definition (in their mind) of what gamification is, I’ve actually learned that there are several definitions for it. So, for the purposes of awareness, and specifically cyber security awareness, I like to keep it simple....
Ethical Employee Vulnerability Management – The pitfalls of phishing assessments
Security professionals have tested networks to identify vulnerabilities for many years now. It’s a common practice called “Vulnerability Analysis and Penetration Testing”, or sometimes “Ethical Hacking”. The word ethical in this context is interesting, as it indicates...
What should I be doing for Cyber Security Awareness Month?
It is October 1, 2020, and as you may know, October is always Cyber Security Awareness Month, and I have a confession to make. For many years as a security consultant and security awareness trainer, October always crept up on me. So, I sometimes didn't have much...
Why security awareness training is different from task-based training
If you’ve ever taken a security awareness training course, aside from a phishing assessment that tests your skill at avoiding email attacks, you may not have noticed something that’s really pretty obvious. Security awareness training is typically delivered using a...
The pitfalls of compliance-based security awareness training
What I call Off-the-shelf “compliance-focused” security awareness programs are designed to be a “one-size-fits all” solution that is quick to deploy to all staff. However, the problem I often see with these solutions is that they usually include content that is...
Can I Be Phished? Episode 2 – Unboxing an “Imminent Expiry” phishing message
In our second episode of Can I Be Phished? we welcome Dave Ockwell-Jenner, the VP of Information Security at Arctic Wolf. Dave helps me unbox another phishing message that is warning me that my online banking service will expire soon. NOTE: Due to the visual nature of...
Announcing the “Can I Be Phished?” podcast – unboxing the most common attacks!
Click Armor is proud to announce that we have published our first episode of the "Can I Be Phished?" podcast, where we take a closer look at some of the most common and dangerous phishing attacks and scams. The podcast is available on Youtube for video and on popular...
