Season 1, Episode 24 · Hacking Humans
Trusting the wrong package. [Only Malware in the Building]
2 Jun 2026 · 46 min
Episode notes
Welcome in! You’ve entered, Only Malware in the Building. Join us each month to sip tea and solve mysteries about today’s most interesting threats. Your host is Selena Larson, Proofpoint intelligence analyst and host of their podcast DISCARDED. Inspired by the residents of a building in New York’s exclusive upper west side, Selena is joined by her co-hosts N2K Networks Dave Bittner and Keith Mularski, former FBI cybercrime investigator and now Chief Global Ambassador at…
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Hacking Humans
N2K Networks · Tech & Science · English
Deception, influence, and social engineering in the world of cyber crime.
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