I Get Paid to Trick People Into Giving Up Their Passwords🎙Darknet Diaries Ep. 107: Alethe

Alethe is a brilliant social engineer, but her journey into the hacking world is much stranger than fiction. She shares how a difficult upbringing brought her center stage at DefCon.
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[@DocGMoney]

Whats another hour without beloved sleep... Thank you Jack!!!! Much love man keep them coming please!!!!

[@itzhexen0]

I'm subscribed to this channel but it's boring as hell. Perfect for sleeping.

[@justsummers1559]

I also fall asleep to this😂, but it's because of the content and what I learn. Also his voice tone. ​@@itzhexen0

[@danielgraham8266]

Exactly only bad thing is I’ve watched all the videos so 🤦‍♂️idk what to do best thing about it is usually there’s no adds constantly playing throughout the whole video

[@hahahahaha7237]

@@itzhexen0 Not low brow enough for you

[@itzhexen0]

@@hahahahaha7237 boring and an hour long. btw, this comment is 5 months old.

[@abdullahjubair68]

I can’t tell how happy I’m every time I see a notification for a new episode. Jack you are a hero. Keep it up. 😊

[@bumlookercheekymonkey3985]

iv watched tons of these videos and this is the first time i looked at the upper left screen and didnt see someone sneaking over the title i seen someone standing there with a huge wenis 😂😂😂

[@0therun1t21]

Bedtime, yes! Now I can pay full attention, thank you! I always jump these videos to the front of the line, they're my favorite thing on YT. I've learned at least 5 new things and I'm only halfway through. Congratulations on the Black Badge!

[@Dax888]

This show has become one of my favorite things on KZbin! And this episode has been one of my favorites ❤

[@davidmiles2055]

Devouring tons of your content every time I can. Thanks Jack!

[@ThelolmasterXD]

I really really enjoyed this one. Such a unique episode. Felt more relatable from someone on the outside of the industry looking in. I've listened to everyone of your podcasts. This one really gave a good inside look of possible steps a less inclined person might take to get there. Makes me want to shoot my own shot. Thanks for another great story!

[@woritsez]

she does have a good vocal manner, in my mind the sound almost renders as a pleasant and polite tick sheet

[@user-zw7uk7oh9l]

Never thought I'd hear a South African on the channel... So happy!! So Cool!! Danko!!🔥❤‍🔥🔥

[@dudeman99999]

Yay a new episode I can listen to while going to bed. Thank you!

[@random1962]

That’s literally what I look forward too

[@psnidtibifun]

I can see she's a great story-teller so I feel like it makes sense she would rank very highly, being able to captivate people's attention is a very nice skill to have

[@xCheddarB0b42x]

I am glad that she found her way back to Order, even if she does wield a bit of Chaos for the greater good.

[@quickcinemarecap]

00:03 Tricking security to access Renaissance Festival without employee pass 02:02 Alethe's journey into social engineering and infosec 07:27 Social engineering lesson and getting into coding 09:43 Trusting a person online led to terrible decisions and serious consequences. 14:30 Learning about social engineering at Defcon 16:33 Social engineering contest involves eliciting information from target companies over the phone. 20:22 Social engineering in action 22:24 Alethe participated in a social engineering Capture the Flag contest. 26:32 Gaining unauthorized access through social engineering tactics 28:28 Competing in the social engineering competition at Defcon. 32:27 Competing in social engineering contest while pregnant 34:23 Competing at Defcon with a 3-month-old baby 37:48 Using pretext to gain access to sensitive information. 40:09 Tricking people into providing information 43:43 A contestant shares her experience of tricking people into giving up their passwords for a competition. 45:31 Women dominate the social engineering contest at Defcon 49:26 Started consulting in security awareness and social engineering assessments. 51:21 Alethe works at Critical Insight, conducting penetration testing and social engineering engagements. 55:16 Building social engineering skills through real, uncomfortable conversations 57:09 I get paid to trick people into giving up their passwords

[@Jared_7071]

Is the “after this break” part for an ad break? 😂 I don’t get ads and it always confuses my tiny brain lol

[@bkl8804]

Yes!! I used to love LORD. One of my local BBSs had the game and it was awesome!

[@xCheddarB0b42x]

When I was 12 or 13, I crawled on my belly into my parents bedroom, lifted my father's laptop, and secreted it away to my upstairs bedroom. Then I connected it to the phone jack and dialed up a local BBS, the number of which I got from a similarly devious friend. I learned how to pick locks. I made a thing that went boom. I drifted away from this lifestyle because games were just too seductive. I always wonder what would have been had I stayed at the Dark Side of computers and networking.

[@paradoxicalinsanity7613]

" I was always kind of a manipulative kid. I could figure out how to get adults to do what i wanted them to do for me. " " when i lived in America" .. Please recommend.

[@mjstinson8225]

This was awesome for so many reasons Thank you Both✔️🗝️🙏🏽 💚➖🌐➖💜

[@djknit]

What a nice and empathetic manipulator ;) For real though, what a thoughtful woman, and good at her job. She has a very healthy outlook on it all

[@20chocsaday]

The human is the weakest link, and it might be you...

[@MrGlossyEdits]

Jack's been using us to practice his social engineering skills so he can go pro 👀🧢

[@funkymunky]

Why is social engineering so normalized? Surveillance makes us all sicker.

[@mj.l]

lol because cyber crime is big business (and a huge threat to legit business, institutions etc)

[@xCheddarB0b42x]

Social Engineering is the first thing we learn upon entering this world. We learn how to manipulate our parents, other adults, and friends to get what we want.

[@funkymunky]

@@xCheddarB0b42x That's the excuse you live by to justify your salary and shady activities. Hackers are hated by the powers that be. Unless they happen to work for them. It's McCarthyism with a digital mask.

[@ImKinoNichtSabbeln]

​@CheddarChunguska The suggested justification can be applied to every ruthless, selfish behaviour. The point is: When being born, you develop and apply these techniques instinctively, and you are innocent. When a teenager or adult applies the same skills, it's a choice to manipulate and betray other people. So, no one should not celebrate "social engineers". That's a pleonasm, anyway. They should be named for what they do: They are manipulatists / con people.

[@funkymunky]

@@mj.l False dichotomy. Social engineering can exist independently of "cybercrime" and vice versa. Are you daft and dim?

[@randoir1863]

Thanks for the episode, Jack !!! Anytime I can listen to something that's fun and kill work time is great . Congrats to Alethe on getting the Black Badge !!!!

[@abscess7476]

Excellent as usual, I always look forward to your episodes. My favorite tuber. Keep up the great content.

[@millacentbystander2992]

Oh LA TI DA...!! One time I got hacked and locked out , so then I turned capsLock off and boom!!! In like Flint... So clean... self hacked myself!!! All in a four days work.

[@BearMeat4Dinner]

Oh Hod man! My old coworker from da hospital was from the fairgrounds! Jack you a cheesehead? Great video man. If you ever worked with a hyper dude named Brad. Me and him were at the same ADHD level. I miss working with him 😢.

[@TECHstationFORyou]

Whats not like taking apart a school laptop and replacing the motherboard to use and hearing a great Jack video as I do it.

[@GabrielYeager]

Love your show! Another great episode. Social engineering is such an exciting topic. Makes me question if I should be working towards this instead of GRC.

[@HorsesArePeople2]

How did her dad move her schools when her and her mom fled to Botswana without notifying the dad? 🤔

[@fartnutte1724]

we can tell you werent paying attention to the video

[@HorsesArePeople2]

@@fartnutte1724 Apparently not, that's why I asked

[@livelucky74]

"I just wanted to be Dade, and be cool like him" as we all did

[@BoyCcns]

Ooooh the mention of L.O.R.D. brings back memories :)

[@BeOnlyChaos]

Your days of winning that kickboxing round with computers are numbered.

[@TheEndOfABloodline]

What the.... no one went to jail?! You're falling off!

[@Phatxual]

Edit: Alethe, what a champ! This was such a beautiful story. As per usual😅💯 Thank you both! ❤️‍🔥 "Eddie Vedder from accounting""doing a project for Mr.Kawasaki"😂 Classic🤣

[@ClickClack_Bam]

Pearl Jam.

[@bobbyhornback5138]

Billy's on the corner ...

[@Daniel-kh8cl]

Love you Darknet Diaries

[@gugarukhadze2990]

I love what youre doing Jack

[@jamies9710]

Yoo cool story, love to see these, keep it up! But a request for the store, can we get an updated version of the posters or hoodies? There are some awesome cover images id love to have as a poster

[@jonahbranch5625]

This is my favorite podcast, hugely inspirational. I hope to work in infosec someday!

[@coinarcher]

stop everything, new darknet dairies episode

[@anonazerty165]

Man I'm 20min video in and she hasn't even started talking about what she is actually doing

[@DavidAndersonKirk]

The way she introduced herself was eye rolling

[@nightmare5554]

Lmao fr

[@Workingclassheros]

te intro: that happened.

[@statecrimes]

This podcast reminds me of replyall, another favourite. Great episode

[@_carnivalgames]

Are you playing YTcracker's song "social engineering" in the background in parts of this interview?

[@mjstinson8225]

Social Engineering I'm Here 👋🏾✔️😅 ... AND Here I Come ✔️😎🙏🏽 When New Knowledge Becomes Your New Adventure ❣️🗝️ Really Enjoyed This Thank you 💜➖🌐➖💚

[@paradoxicalinsanity7613]

Can’t say I’m keen on this episode… might try again another night.

[@DavidAndersonKirk]

Quite possibly the most pretentious self introduction I’ve heard on this show by her

[@ClickClack_Bam]

​@@DavidAndersonKirk What about what she said made you think that about her? I took her intro as she was a dumb hollow-headed female rather than pretentious etc.

[@tonysansom]

Merry Christmas Jack! 🎅🎁🎄⛄🍺❄🍾

[@GlennsFastReviews]

Jack, i love your program! I have learned a lot from it and i love that you can make it so interesting and even get different sides of the issues to talk. Thanks for what you do. I'm a struggling YTer, so i can't support you financially, but I've told people i know, including a sr avsec mgr at Amazon, and i promote you on my channel when i can. It's not much, but i hope it helps. Keep up the good work!!

[@CAdidas333]

Isn’t this a re-upload I know I’ve heard the story before

[@abefromen1]

The best podcast

[@robinspanier7017]

these episodes realy inspire me to give cyber security a shot. currently working as a coder and i think quite alot about ways to attack my software. its terryfing once you learn about it what could all go wrong. i think i would enjoy myself as a white head hacker very much. what i could bring to the table is actual coding advise to fix stuff .. hmmm..

[@xyz123yyz]

boss told the security guard....

[@GriftyMcPants]

Bruh, such a nerd. LMFAO nah, love ya!

[@Benzo18769]

This is why chivalry is dying the moment you try and help someone your in danger of being taken advantage of

[@KryptLynx]

her laugth is not trustworthy :D

[@DoubleU-ht4cg]

Hey Jack, love your videos…if you don’t mind, can you tell me the name of the instrumental you use for your introduction?

[@DavidAndersonKirk]

Seconded, it’s such a dope little piece of music!

[@rainmetal]

Aleth is a bad ass. Sorry if i spelled your name wrong.

[@Reverend-Insanity9]

So good

[@nikiawright5830]

Must say this way a phenomenal one!!

[@jimbo4586]

this show is always good ❤

[@ileska299]

May I ask why clicking on the link is a bad thing (if you are not a government employee)? Clicking on a link only tells you that the email in question has been read, which you can also do by putting a picture in the email? (And if the website contains a zero-day exploit then the hacker will probably get your information anyway)

[@Dave-cx1tz]

Your videos are just brilliant Jack,keep up the great work mate !

[@omegarift]

3 am upload is this channels vibe ina nutshell

[@Siebgert]

Depending on your timezone, yes

[@icecave89]

Valuable Show ? Damn right always !!!

[@DaDevil1983]

Amazing show

[@eyephpmyadmin6988]

I love this, a badass mom

[@connectingthepieces4845]

Love this episode

[@JoseGarcia-io2pr]

What a story

[@jondoe268]

Incredible

[@imodexe2646]

YESSIRRRRRR ITS THURSDAY!! 🎉

[@spbname8121]

Social engineer aka scammer, hacker, thief, etc. A dangerous occupation in more ways than one. But eh, people like playing Russian roulette. Imagine hacking the mob by mistake.

[@jordanzothegreat8696]

Pretty sure this isn't new content... Heard this story from Jack before

[@hsahtaw2211]

Same here. I’m pretty sure there are a few of them are old episodes or even mentions old episodes within descriptions

[@pyqio]

It could be because you listened to it on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. This episode is #107 whilst on Spotify Jack already uploaded up to episode #140.

[@pixlot]

Turbo Pascal??? I love her 😊

[@xplore2000]

❤ the best channel

[@Ring0--]

Hackers is a sh!t movie.

[@bumlookercheekymonkey3985]

she should have called phillip morris and say she targeted them and earned a black badge wanna hire me to prevent further areas of access?

[@Hebdomad7]

Alright Jack... Where are the book recommendations...?

[@sellosejake]

Here we go again

[@colonelgraff9198]

Of course you upload in the middle of the night….

[@limppeacesign]

That beginning story is so not true lmao

[@Benzo18769]

Yay yo got first place for lying to people congratulations 😊

[@michaelW6]

Jack Rizz-ider😏

[@NEDMKitten]

Yes!!!

[@brokens1097]

Organic took on an entirely new meaning because of the vegan/veggie fad.

[@romelposas-xr5qg]

Hi Jack

[@EmmanuelKasirivuLugoloobi]

267 Standup 😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏

[@felill.a.9159]

❤❤❤❤

[@peterinbrat]

BOSCO!

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

Early crew. :3

[@chesthoIe]

LoRD was hot, but Usurpers was better. It was dark rapey druggy fantasy before R. R. Martin. Maybe the first one?

[@goldnutter412]

🤣👏

[@romelposas-xr5qg]

Thanks

[@cognitivedissonancecamp6326]

She definitely nailed the annoying California accent, after saying she is from Africa. Starting your sentences with the word SO is so played out.

[@c-LAW]

Bs

[@GriftyMcPants]

I very much dislike this woman.

[@THEMAX00000]

Why is he re-posting old stuff on KZbin and pretending it’s new

[@kenosabi]

Where did he say it was new..? He didn't. Relax. It's free content. Ffs. Yall entitled asf.

[@Hebdomad7]

It's listed as episode 107. We know it's an older episode from the main site.

[@jordanzothegreat8696]

I'm only disappointed because I was super excited for a new episode...

[@americanswan]

Actually, it's new to me. 😂

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

She ? ....

[@Krideezy]

I mean yeah interesting but it’s just professional manipulation. Kinda scummy. Appreciate the content none the less.

[@THEMAX00000]

Third

[@kenosabi]

Kinda dumb.