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Your Biggest Threat

Most of time, when we think about security, we think in terms of burglars, thieves, and how much of a risk they are to us.  True, it IS the mugger who robs you, but invariably they are exploiting a flaw that you have created, either by making yourself an easy target, or even just by being there.  Indeed, we often make up more of the risk than the bad guys do.  The following picture may help drive home this point a little better:

 

Stolen Card 

 

So I ask you: Who is really the biggest threat to your own security?  The bad guy, or you? 

 

Happy Hacking.
 

Published Friday, February 22, 2008 6:31 PM by Juno
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# re: Your Biggest Threat@ Monday, February 25, 2008 9:54 AM

I love those emails you get from "paypal" or a bank saying you have had a security breach on your nonexistent account, and asking you to verify your information. It amazes me to think those things really work. I'd say the most clever one I've seen was on Myspace. You get a message from someone asking to add you, and their profile takes you to an exact replica of the sign in page. You assume you have been logged out and enter the account info and password. Before you know it, you're spamming your friends with ads.

by mike

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