Threat Actor Psychology: Using Social Engineering and Other Jedi Tricks

Alex Holden | May 13, 2025 | 32 min
Threat Actor Psychology: Using Social Engineering and Other Jedi Tricks

Forget textbook phishing templates and generic vishing scripts. This talk dives deep into the psychology, culture, and behavior of real-world threat actors and shows how we turn their own tactics against them. We’ve been successfully using social engineering techniques against cyber threat actors for decades, and in this presentation, I’ll share some of the key techniques and approaches that have made this possible.

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