Organizations of all shapes and sizes are vulnerable to social engineering attacks.It’s human nature to want to be helpful and to trust those that ask questions of us.This is especially true from people or organizations we feel has authority over us.This is why phishing attacks are so successful.We give our information over to emails and web sites because we feel there is a bond of trust.It’s not about being suspicious or not, we are taught from a young age to trust those within places of power.So our bank asking for validation of our information at first glance doesn’t seem suspicious.Our company reporting a password incident asking for remediation is perfectly plausible.The problem is unless you’ve heard about the policies from these companies on how they will handle this, the request may be genuine and you want to do all you can to help. ..... Read More
When a new site comes out who is the person you talk to about the site? It seems that I’m the Web 2.0 whore among my family and friends. I get excited about some aspect of a site or a functionality and it seems in my circle most of them don’t know the world exists out of myspace or they don’t understand the theory of sharing and writing information online for all the world to see...... Read More
So I joined in the cultural phenomenon that is finally over - the purchasing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I arrived at about 11:30 and didn’t see any sort of line in the store and my naivety had me believing that maybe it wasn’t going to be that big of thing and proceeded to start to do my shopping. ..... Read More
The ‘nothing to hide’ argument is quite prevalent. Is there a way to respond to this argument that would really register with people in the general public? Professor Daniel Solove examines the “nothing to hide” argument in this short essay...... Read More
Boy, if this is the future of gaming on the iPhone, then someone had better order up a load of bifocals and a side of patience, because just watching this gave us a headache.This is a sad new world..... Read More
I am a writer sometimes, a computer security professional at others. I have strong feelings on many things and could care less about what I deem unimportant. I am myself and no other.
