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Subject: [ISN] Social Engineering 'Capture The Flag' Contest Returns To
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2011-03-25 6:22:37
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By Kelly Jackson Higgins
Darkreading
March 24, 2011
The first-ever social engineering contest at DefCon in Las Vegas last
year went way too well: each contestant was able to successfully
social-engineer some piece of information, or "flag," out of their
targeted company.
Chris Hadnagy, founder of social-engineer.org, which sponsors the Social
Engineering Capture The Flag contest, says this year's competition will
target more industries including manufacturing, technology, and
education, and will include some high-profile companies with aggressive
internal security awareness programs that have volunteered as targets.
"We have two premiere targets [thus far] that have agreed to work with
us and allow [contestants] to call them and social-engineer them,"
Hadnagy says. "They are willing to put their security awareness
programs" up to the challenge publicly, he says.
Hadnagy says he can't release the names of the companies, but that
people will be "shocked" to learn in which sectors these companies
reside. The goal is for the contest to include half volunteer,
high-profile targets, and the other half, selected by the contest
organizers.
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