People aren't perfectly rational.

A listener writes in with the results of his phishing attempt on his wife. Joe describes research from F-Secure on the most dangerous email attachment types. Dave shares the story of scammers impersonating local hospitals to scare a response from their victims. Our catch of the day involves a LinkedIn scam impersonating a fighter pilot. Joe interviews Elissa Redmiles, an incoming assistant professor of computer science at Princeton University. She studies behavioral modeling to understand why people behave the way they do online. Links to stories from today's show: https://labsblog.f-secure.com/2019/05/08/spam-trends-top-attachments-and-campaigns/ https://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Text-message-scam-impersonates-local-hospitals-509615981.html Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.