PirateSoftware and his craziest DefCon story!

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  • @Mach1048
    @Mach1048 4 місяці тому +1191

    Social engineering is best described to me as, why steal the keys when you'll give them too me.

    • @Zythan
      @Zythan 4 місяці тому +66

      You want to get through a door. Walk in with a temp disability. like on a Crutch with a broken leg, and a bunch of bags. and if try and fumble to get inside. 95% of the time someone opens the door to let you in.
      I heard a talk on someone who specialized in Social Engineering. She got into the back part of a bank near the vault because she had a fake badge (looked okay) and a 'broken' arm and the other arm full of work stuff like a professional bag for work. He opened the door and let her in. She was part of a team hired to penetration test the bank, so was allowed from a legal sense as they were testing protocols etc.

    • @guard13007
      @guard13007 4 місяці тому +25

      Every time I think of social engineering, I think of when I had a conversation about theft with a gas station attendant while pocketing a drink.
      I didn't intend to steal it, and pulled it out to pay for it at the end, but it was an eye-opener on how easy and effective it can be. If I'd wanted to, it was as easy as "we're being friendly, so you don't see what I'm actually doing".

    • @Joetoep
      @Joetoep 3 місяці тому

      @@Zythan Crippled tailgating :D

    • @Seergun
      @Seergun 3 місяці тому

      @@guard13007 When I worked at subway, I was taught about a scam people do with change; they give a large bill and when you hand them the change, they ask to break down something like this, never happened to me and don't remember the details, point being due to changing hands multiple times, they pocket a 20 or something.

    • @PixxelBros
      @PixxelBros 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Zythan youd have to have a issues to let someone in whos "in uniform" and on crutches or hurt... most these scenarios sound like that employed individual would be on leave from work with such a disability.

  • @LarsErnst
    @LarsErnst 4 місяці тому +614

    "It's fine, I promise" (evil smile) LOL

  • @Ludeo
    @Ludeo 4 місяці тому +373

    I worked with this guy for like 15 years, he's not as scary as he'd like you to believe :P (love you bird hair)

    • @LookingGlass1865
      @LookingGlass1865 3 місяці тому +29

      Oh I think he seems like the most genuine and loveable guy (although I've never met him). I would just be somewhat intimidated by him because of the insane amount of talent and IQ he has 😂

    • @FrogeFella
      @FrogeFella 2 місяці тому +3

      this is cute

    • @littlegrabbiZZ9PZA
      @littlegrabbiZZ9PZA 2 місяці тому +16

      "To be peaceful, you need to be capable of great violence. If you're not, you aren't peaceful. You are harmless."

    • @HeadbutKneecap
      @HeadbutKneecap 17 днів тому

      @@LookingGlass1865he also seems like a guy with incredible values and uses his skills for good alot of the time.

  • @kirstenwyatt9675
    @kirstenwyatt9675 4 місяці тому +187

    The one call center I worked at had a great way to prevent revealing where our building is. "Don't tell them where you are, or they might drive a truck through the building." Because another branch acutally had that happen!

  • @unconnectedbedna
    @unconnectedbedna 3 місяці тому +60

    Hacker: Joins hacking contest
    Godmode: Hack the hackers to win the contest

  • @djhendricks1498
    @djhendricks1498 2 місяці тому +13

    "Oh no, you can talk to me... it's fine... I P R O M I S E :)". freaking love this dude

  • @Chaddingway
    @Chaddingway 4 місяці тому +193

    I work for a franchise and there was one time in our district where all the other locations were getting a call from the same number about how this guy's order was wrong and so-and-so told them that it'd get remade for free.
    It turns out that a female employee in the district had a customer that was stalking them, so she transferred to a different location in the city and this dude was trying to figure out where.

    • @Siegmernes
      @Siegmernes 4 місяці тому +30

      That's disgusting and really scary. But genuinely clever. Because of course you'd just say "Person X doesn't work here" and the fucker just does it until someone gets them on the phone.

  • @reznovvazileski3193
    @reznovvazileski3193 2 місяці тому +21

    And for those of you who genuinely want to find a good restaurant, just take a hike through town on a Tuesday evening. If they can fill even half the seats on a Tuesday evening they're doing something right so that's gonna be your best bet.

  • @jwjeff11
    @jwjeff11 3 місяці тому +19

    The key to defending yourself against social engineering:
    Never give any information (no matter how slight) that can be used to reveal your location at any given time or place(past, present, or future).
    Never give any information that can assist in identifying you.
    Never give any information about the company you work for or the work that you do that isn't already publicly available.
    If you're not sure if it's safe to talk about, assume that it isnt.
    I'm pretty sure thats basically it. It's not complicated, it just takes diligence.

  • @zero80473
    @zero80473 3 місяці тому +19

    Thors voice is one of those voices that you trust right away but you shount trust :D

  • @russe2711
    @russe2711 4 місяці тому +161

    Its OK to talk to Thor, you might learn something.
    Thor WILL learn something.

  • @GreyAcumen
    @GreyAcumen 4 місяці тому +71

    I learn more about technology and people from just a half dozen short clips of thor than I do from half a dozen years of life in general.

  • @jedilee
    @jedilee 4 місяці тому +82

    PLEASE someone, post that "don't trust this man" image. Please and thank you!

  • @fatherflash1576
    @fatherflash1576 4 місяці тому +37

    thor is the "nicest" , dangerous person ever imo

  • @HaploidCell
    @HaploidCell 4 місяці тому +229

    I think social engineering is so interesting because it goes against the clichee of the hacker as this introverted shut-in that never talks to anyone.
    You mean to tell me that bold-faced lying, bluffing and *shudders* interacting with people is hacking, too?
    I thought you nerds got into computers so that you ~don't~ have to talk to people lmao

    • @patrickdix772
      @patrickdix772 4 місяці тому +28

      The funniest thing is that it's only in fiction that all hackers are introvert shutins. So much of hacking has always been social engineering since the beginning, but in movies and TV shows they separate the social engineering side into just con artists while the "hackers" are only on computers.

    • @YalSayAnythingOnAlGoreInternet
      @YalSayAnythingOnAlGoreInternet 4 місяці тому +10

      The thing is, hacking started amongst a group of highly intelligent individuals working together lol being a shut in, also doesn't mean you don't know how to function around people or can't, it just means your preference Is to not be around them.
      Also, as an individual that has is a "shut -in" and read alot of books, the "shut -in" trope in movies and cartoons comes from books, that came from authors that maybe didn't know anyone that could explain said character, and writing a character who doesn't have many interactions, means you don't need a cohesive story to explain how they got good at the thing you're trying to explain, but don't understand.
      Alot of what we experience today, comes from books lol

    • @ericmyrs
      @ericmyrs 4 місяці тому +4

      All the best hackers are social engineers.

  • @matthewdeavitt9888
    @matthewdeavitt9888 Місяць тому +9

    I was playing an older game with an older crowd that had voice chat in game. Guy I'm playing with didn't know I could hear his wife in the background spouting off what sounded like personal info. I clicked my mic on to let him know and he promptly turned it off after thanking me.

  • @TraxtasyMedia
    @TraxtasyMedia 3 місяці тому +15

    Thor seems to be such an innocent guy, but when he starts small talking, you should be really worried. 😮

  • @lucbloom
    @lucbloom 4 місяці тому +214

    Had to put a highpass filter on the audio so my house would not collapse.

    • @James-nx9vx
      @James-nx9vx 4 місяці тому +5

      I see what you did, there. 👀😄

  • @oNtuobAwoH
    @oNtuobAwoH 3 місяці тому +9

    A good takeaway from that first story, as I see it:
    - inexperience is advanced by making it easier
    - experience is advanced by making it harder

  • @KosstAmojan
    @KosstAmojan 4 місяці тому +40

    Social Engineering is the fine art of letting other people have your own way.

  • @TidusZecht
    @TidusZecht 19 днів тому +1

    "It's okay to talk to other people. Just don't talk to HIM!" lmao

  • @modestsky7268
    @modestsky7268 5 місяців тому +14

    Amazing interview

  • @Frozztastic
    @Frozztastic 20 днів тому

    "You can talk to me. Its fine. I promise." With a giant evil grin. Thor, you are awesome, dude. 😅

  • @sane_scientist
    @sane_scientist 3 місяці тому +5

    thor: "im not competing in life this time guys, you can come to me for advice or guidance"
    thor: *becomes the most famous online personality of all time* (wins the internet)
    everyone: "god damnit he tricked us"

  • @spartanhawk7637
    @spartanhawk7637 3 місяці тому +4

    Of course the Goblin King doesn't sleep.

  • @F3PIZZA
    @F3PIZZA Місяць тому +3

    “Don’t be a dick along the way.”
    Fantastic life advice

  • @ismayonnaiseaninstrument8700
    @ismayonnaiseaninstrument8700 21 день тому +2

    Calls himself Thor, but this dude is Loki personified. At this point, I wouldn't be remotely surprised if his ferrets were actually several polymorphed Fenrirs...

    • @evhoRoLL
      @evhoRoLL 4 дні тому

      He doesn't call himself Thor. That's his name.

  • @heqitao
    @heqitao 2 місяці тому +2

    Clever hackers like Thor make me feel so insecure (emotionally and professionally lol)... not to mention vulnerable and stupid in my everyday life.
    Love it.

  • @lexi_luminary
    @lexi_luminary 29 днів тому +1

    One of the best ways to trick someone trying this on you is to lie about pretty much everything if i don't know you or feel like i cant trust you I'll literally pull out a backstory and personality that I've had sitting In storage in my head.

  • @ChainsawV
    @ChainsawV 4 місяці тому +12

    pirate tell them you built your own key

  • @christopherjunkins
    @christopherjunkins 2 місяці тому +3

    What you don't realize is King of the Grimmlins over there Was social engineering the other 3 the entire time... how? Guy's got a mind like a steel trap so to speak... he remembers.

  • @addisonkennedy7111
    @addisonkennedy7111 Місяць тому

    Pulling up the whiteboard is fucking great

  • @bryanthelyon
    @bryanthelyon 5 днів тому

    I may or may not have attended E3 three years in a row as someone who never worked in the game industry in my life… I may or may not have eaten at many private corporate parties and made awkward small talk like I was from a different division that they never heard of… maybe

  • @ShaunKimura
    @ShaunKimura 3 місяці тому

    I would talk to him all the dam time... Just to learn a fraction of what he has in that head :) priceless LMAO

  • @heqitao
    @heqitao 2 місяці тому +1

    Yes it's been said (I'm sure) a thousand plus times, but Thor could quit this job and do movie trailer voice overs and make a killing. The man must have two sets of balls.

  • @HuckFlynn
    @HuckFlynn 4 місяці тому +5

    Went to DefCon and hacked the hackers. Yikes.

  • @sharkfence576
    @sharkfence576 4 місяці тому +10

    Thor needs to narrate books lol

  • @lifeLoges
    @lifeLoges 3 місяці тому

    what application he is using to draw on board ?

    • @Cb_732
      @Cb_732 3 місяці тому +1

      MS paint lol and I’m not kidding. He posted a short on it not long ago, he draws with his mouse.

  • @calerichardson7392
    @calerichardson7392 4 дні тому

    It's Defcon, trust no one, confirm everything.

  • @nadger1337
    @nadger1337 2 місяці тому

    I feel awesome having a non scan wallet.

  • @jaidennewey5341
    @jaidennewey5341 3 місяці тому

    This video was just what I needed to hear to overcome my fears and start trading. Thank you for the encouragement!

  • @shawnheidingsfelder8179
    @shawnheidingsfelder8179 5 днів тому +1

    And that's why you don't get on your social media and announce to the world that you will be going somewhere out of town at an upcoming date. All you are doing is letting bad people know when your house will be empty. Always wait till you're back from the trip and say, "We just did this." Past tense is the key.

  • @spencegame
    @spencegame 3 місяці тому +3

    Thor used the oldest trick in the book...lying

  • @Gilgwathir
    @Gilgwathir 22 дні тому

    2:10 Defcon, everybody is hacking big corpo crap. PiratSoftware just hacked the whole of Defcon. What a flex.

  • @chadwickmyers3285
    @chadwickmyers3285 25 днів тому +1

    Social Engineering Specialist --- Because there is no patch for human stupidity.

  • @Pippy626
    @Pippy626 3 місяці тому

    I want to join you!

  • @christopherjunkins
    @christopherjunkins 2 місяці тому +1

    hold up HOLD UP 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Are you telling me they made signs and spread "don't trust this guy"? DON'T TRUST ANYONE AT DEFCON!!! WTF... lmao.

  • @XRacKS
    @XRacKS 2 місяці тому

    social engineering was the reason you were there in the first place 🤣

  • @maximilianocarrillo7592
    @maximilianocarrillo7592 3 місяці тому

    5:37 the dweebiness, it hurts!!!! It burns my ears!!!!

  • @terminallyonline5296
    @terminallyonline5296 11 днів тому +1

    I mean yeah, social engineering is taking advantage of the fact that the most insecure part of a system is between the chair and the desk.

  • @funnyguy3D
    @funnyguy3D 22 дні тому

    it's shit like this that definitely makes it that he needs to be fucked with more on his streams.

  • @garyhay6771
    @garyhay6771 5 днів тому

    What rules😂

  • @MrAvengion
    @MrAvengion Місяць тому

    Clever girl

  • @H4ppsy
    @H4ppsy 3 місяці тому

    Just wear a Yellow jacket and a scafolding. Ez

  • @AusNav09
    @AusNav09 20 днів тому

    72 hours straight? Not possible without drugs.

  • @crazywilly85
    @crazywilly85 3 місяці тому +1

    72 hours without sleep? wtf? 😂

    • @nurgle-j5n
      @nurgle-j5n Місяць тому

      stimulants. alot of these types are on it. more common than people realize

    • @IgorVonE
      @IgorVonE 20 днів тому

      the "first" 40-48h are easy, especially if you often hyperfocus on something. After that you need adamantium hard dedication.. or uppers.
      The amount of work you can get done in that is mind blowing. Tho i'd argue that in the 3rd day you get diminished returns and it's not worth it.

  • @fia_ruka
    @fia_ruka 3 місяці тому

    Bro I’m scared

  • @rustyzipper19
    @rustyzipper19 3 місяці тому +1

    So, every single interaction with another is a social engineering attack.

    • @nurgle-j5n
      @nurgle-j5n Місяць тому +1

      to a sociopath like thor, yeah

  • @Ben-i2k
    @Ben-i2k 17 днів тому

    So thor is a conman? 😂

  • @JacksonLloyd952
    @JacksonLloyd952 4 місяці тому

    Wow

  • @UltimaKeyMaster
    @UltimaKeyMaster 2 місяці тому

    What do you mean there's a fucking convention called DefCon. Who's insane-
    "I just won DefCon 23"
    *DON'T JUST SAY THAT WITHOUT CONTEXT, THOR, JESUS CHRIST.*

  • @antoniocs8873
    @antoniocs8873 3 місяці тому

    He doesn't sleep for the 3 days?? What??

    • @superbaas8822
      @superbaas8822 3 місяці тому +2

      I take it you've never been to a con

    • @bronjamethebawnbame8575
      @bronjamethebawnbame8575 3 місяці тому

      Some people are just built different. If you think everyone's equal, lol. No

  • @azbear2781
    @azbear2781 Місяць тому +1

    Staying awake for 3 days straight is nuts. That's so bad for you lol, people can die from lack of sleep.

    • @nurgle-j5n
      @nurgle-j5n Місяць тому

      3 days will never kill you but it's definitely not healthy. I don't see how people do it unless they are on stimulants or having a manic episode. Very hard to do without chemical assistance unless you are crazy. Kind of makes since though because amphetamines are a streamers perfect drug.

  • @findstr.s-hi-c._w
    @findstr.s-hi-c._w Місяць тому

    Automated hacking.
    Ai assisted hacking.

  • @findstr.s-hi-c._w
    @findstr.s-hi-c._w Місяць тому

    test

  • @gawf99
    @gawf99 2 місяці тому +1

    Social engineer is just a modern way of saying con man.

    • @nurgle-j5n
      @nurgle-j5n Місяць тому +2

      yep blows my mind how his fans think this is some mind blowing new thing. very ironic actually. "I'm an expert social engineer but I'm so virtuous and wholesome and also I take donations" XD

  • @nurgle-j5n
    @nurgle-j5n Місяць тому

    Sounds a bit like cheating

  • @designedbybold
    @designedbybold 3 місяці тому

    Does this guy ever tell the truth?

  • @kiljaedyn
    @kiljaedyn 3 місяці тому

    holy moly nerd gathering.

  • @nurburgring-nordschleife-4ever
    @nurburgring-nordschleife-4ever 3 місяці тому +2

    i dont like this this thor guy

  • @youngthinker1
    @youngthinker1 4 місяці тому +19

    Yeah, lying about something when you are presented as a trusted figure works the first time. Then your reputation is shot.
    So was the loss of your reputation with it?

    • @crolaa6137
      @crolaa6137 4 місяці тому +29

      What is bro talking about

    • @TheSonnyGo
      @TheSonnyGo 4 місяці тому +37

      For him, it was certainly worth it. That's something a hacker would do. While they no longer trust him for it, they had to respect that hustle.

    • @youngthinker1
      @youngthinker1 4 місяці тому +13

      @@crolaa6137 His social engineering "attack" involved him basically lying and using his standing within the community.
      1. He said he was not participating in the competition. (lie 1)
      2. He said that anyone that needed help can come visit him and he would help. (half truth. He did help those behind his team.)
      3. He stole information from different teams and fed it to his team, while hindering the competition. (lie 2 and theft)
      So yeah. He destroyed his credibility within the community to win a competition.

    • @youngthinker1
      @youngthinker1 4 місяці тому +7

      @@TheSonnyGo It hinders any further attempts to help others. They will have to consider that he is being malicious with his words, or if he is being sincere.

    • @crolaa6137
      @crolaa6137 4 місяці тому

      @@youngthinker1 I wasn't sure if you were talking that or not mb fam

  • @papadiamea7330
    @papadiamea7330 21 день тому

    Don't look at me like that. "It wasn't me" It was "Slim Shady"

  • @skillchain1911
    @skillchain1911 3 місяці тому

    cohhcarnage bring absolute nothing to the podcast..... he looks like a NPC.... soulless

    • @superbaas8822
      @superbaas8822 3 місяці тому +2

      The term you are looking for is "the straight man". Go look it up sometimes.

  • @Adrianzx
    @Adrianzx 4 місяці тому +18

    Defcon went woke which saddens me

    • @marcusrudd6675
      @marcusrudd6675 4 місяці тому +2

      It was socially engineered to keep a uniform base value set of attendees

    • @thyowen
      @thyowen 4 місяці тому +18

      what does woke mean

    • @aaronl19
      @aaronl19 4 місяці тому +61

      @@thyowennothing. It’s a term that American right-wingers coined that they use to describe anything they don’t like, and they just spam it everywhere

    • @Fieari
      @Fieari 4 місяці тому +41

      @@thyowen It generally means having basic respect for other people, and acknowledging that people different from you exist. Most recently, acknowleding that gay or trans people exist will get you labeled "woke".

    • @mistertestsubject
      @mistertestsubject 4 місяці тому +12

      @@aaronl19 Exactly right. It's a nothingburger of a term.

  • @CrimTheSojourner
    @CrimTheSojourner 23 дні тому

    Only been to DefCon once (DC17), but it was awesome, started several interest hobbies including lockpicking...
    but craziest story was when my friends and I did your Blizzcon hack [ua-cam.com/video/A40LkDfTmCk/v-deo.html] for the private end party on the last night. We managed to get a picture of one of the tickets, and made it at a print/copy spot in a shopping center. Low-tech hack FTW.
    this was a great story.
    Bonus story: it was about a week prior to going to DC17 that I learned what a backScatter attack and DDOS was...

  • @papadiamea7330
    @papadiamea7330 21 день тому

    Funny story. This lady called me to go to an interview and i was getting ready to attend. But then she did the following: she calls me before i was getting ready to hit the shower and check maps to get there in time as she tells me I need a badge with my pic taken and that i am supposed to just drop it in the bin after the interview and leave the building. Now, I'm no Elvis but I do know a thing or two about GDPR. When I said no can do, she ignored me ever since. Who knew that it costs money to go to interviews for jobs in UK 🙀? Or the fact that searching for a job is a job in itself that nobody pays you for, but they need you to change your CV to mirror every single job you apply for, whilst staying honest, of course (my horse). Welcome to Britain, the land of milk and honey. Come again.

  • @papadiamea7330
    @papadiamea7330 20 днів тому

    🎉❤😘

  • @papadiamea7330
    @papadiamea7330 21 день тому

    Have you ever heard of Noam? He likes animals and boats

  • @findstr.s-hi-c._w
    @findstr.s-hi-c._w Місяць тому

    x=1
    while [ x == 1]:do:
    echo "lol
    done
    hmm dont know how to break youtube any more...comment section works on linux.
    is breakable by learning the shell.
    it gos throug a cpu somewhere. ( thats the core of hacking,(manipulating that core),in this case the UA-cam comment server.)
    if you can insert a command,you got control.
    (was able to flood the comment section somehow by using a while loop)
    comment section,are just "strings",in a bash shell enviroment.
    you can always break that.
    break the data type.