
By Andy McCue
Published: Wednesday 22 October 2003
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Name
Nohj Edo
Location
Anywhere, USA
Occupation
Student/technology exploitation expert (hacker)
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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.
Surely the 15% are the clever ones (assuming they ...
Pete Jones
I once audited a company and found that 54% of the...
Anonymous
Using a favourite song...brilliant. Now in order ...
Anonymous
It is evident in my experiences that 95% of people...
Nohj Edo
It only takes 1 person to comprise a network. It'...
Apiaryist
Once I wanted to prove a friend of mine how insecu...
Anonymous
How prevalent is the use of password protected ftp...
Anonymous
My favourite tip for passwords works for most blok...
Bob Massey
Lets face it, most people who use computers are in...
Ian Savell
Hi, One of your e-mail contributers discribed thei...
Anonymous
Use a cognometric alternative to a password - no m...
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