Social Engineering and Real-Time Malware Attack Strategies - War Stories

Learn about targeted malware attacks through a DEF CON 31 conference talk that reveals how attackers successfully use real-time social engineering communication rather than traditional malspam techniques to compromise victims. Explore detailed investigations showing how attackers who simply maintain character and treat interactions as routine events can convince targets to self-infect with sensitive file-snooping malware, even without exceptional charisma or sophisticated social engineering skills. Examine both the social engineering tactics and technical aspects that make this combination of attack methods particularly effective and challenging to defend against in this 44-minute security presentation.