In this Secure and Simple Podcast episode, host Dejan Kosutic interviews independent information security consultant and Hacking for Dummies author Kevin Beaver about how hackers are often underestimated and how many run operations like a professional business. Beaver explains psychology concepts that affect security decisions, including the Dunning-Kruger effect, sunk cost fallacy, bystander apathy, expediency, myopia, cognitive dissonance, and confirmation bias, and how these lead to shortcuts, unchecked assumptions, and missed risks. He shares what he looks for first in penetration tests, and discusses how AI is changing phishing and vulnerability exploitation, potential future AI-on-AI attacks, the problem of executive policy exemptions, and ways to build security culture through business-focused reporting to leadership.
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