Person
person:jim_browning
Also: Jim
Scambaiter, IT professional, programmer, and network engineer interviewed in the episode.
Scambaiter, IT professional, programmer, and network engineer interviewed in the episode.
“Today I have the absolute pleasure to speak with Jim Browning.”
“I am one of those people who — I love to dig a little bit deeper because I am an engineer.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | scambaiting | Explicit | 143 |
| outgoing | USES | social engineering | Explicit | 143 |
| outgoing | EXPLOITS | default password | Explicit | 143 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Karl Rock | Explicit | 143 |
Jim Browning USES scambaiting
Jim deliberately baits scammers, observes their operations, records the interactions, and exposes them.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 143 Details
“he tries to bait scammers to scam him, and he records it for YouTube”
Jim Browning USES social engineering
Jim says that much of his method for accessing scammers’ computers relies on social engineering rather than exploiting a zero-day vulnerability.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jim Browning EP 143 Details
“a lot of it is social engineering as opposed to some zero-day compromise of the remote access software that I’m using”
Jim Browning EXPLOITS default password
Jim gained access to the scam operation’s CCTV system by trying its unchanged default password.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jim Browning EP 143 Details
“they were still using the default password? I guess you could call that hacking, but I could see the IP address, the username, and I just tried the default password, and I was straight in”
Jim Browning ASSOCIATED_WITH Karl Rock
Jim describes Karl Rock as a partner in connection with drone footage and related activities.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jim Browning EP 143 Details
“I’ve spoken with Karl Rock, sort of my partner-in-crime when it comes to all the drone footage and so on”