Articles tagged with: social engineering attack
Hacking Devices – How to protect yourself from data theft
Some time ago I wrote an article about preventing virtual theft – theft of goods from a virtual world (such as a game) by compromising the machine from which you play the game – and …
Thousands of Hotmail login credentials stolen
News has broken out that a large number of Hotmail/Windows Live credentials have been stolen and published on the internet. It is not yet clear how these credentials were obtained; however, Microsoft claims it was …
Security: The Human Element
One aspect of security that is often overlooked is the Human Element. People are a factor in IT infrastructure and as such are also a possible attack vector. Business organizations should take this aspect of …
