Published: April 13, 2020, 9 a.m.
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Episode Highlights:
- Alethe shares her initial thoughts on receiving details about her target company.
- One mistake Alethe made in her first competition was misunderstanding that you can repeat flags.
- Alethe outlines how she prepared for the second competition, including watching re-enactment videos.
- Chris and Alethe discuss the importance of pretext and the key switch Alethe made.
- Alethe describes the experience of bringing a young baby to DefCon.
- She spent over 100 hours of time on her OSINT report. She spent even more time getting ready for the calls.
- Alethe tells us the most dangerous OSINT she found in her research.
- Alethe compares real-life vishing to competitive vishing.
- The time factor gave Alethe anxiety during her first competition. Learn how she managed this the second time around.
- They discuss the name game and how to use it effectively or ineffectively.
- Learn the important way the black badge changed Alethe\\u2019s life.
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3 Key Points:
- Dedicate a big chunk of time to prepare for the conference by listening to podcast episodes, watching re-enactments, and preparing your OSINT report.
- In her OSINT research, Alethe was able to find information as dangerous as the types of equipment and software the company used freely available to the public.
- In real-life vishing, you have time to establish rapport. Competitive vishing moves much faster.
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