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Security Strategy

By Andy McCue

Published: Wednesday 22 October 2003


Name

Nohj Edo


Location

Anywhere, USA


Occupation

Student/technology exploitation expert (hacker)


Comment

It is evident in my experiences that 95% of people are vulnerable to social engineering. Because "socialneering" (my word but you can use it) can occur through email, in person, over the phone or through the mail, it is both highly effective and a big problem. This is because most people when given the option choose the same password for all services they subscribe to. Also because people in general are highly trusting. Which means that if I was to offer a (fake)service which requires a password. They will give me one that is most likely used for several services. Which is the major problem.



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