Posted on 05/08/2009 7:18:19 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Staff unwittingly give usernames to someone posing as IT support: Have you ever wondered whether that unfamiliar face in the office is actually an intruder about to steal your data? Probably not, but maybe it is time to think again. At one FTSE-listed financial institution the managing director himself opened the door to a stranger who, within 20 minutes of gaining entry to the building, had found a highly sensitive document outlining a half a billion pound merger lying on a desk. Luckily, on this occasion, the data was not used for nefarious purposes because the intruder was Colin Greenlees, a consultant of Siemens Enterprise Communications. He was there at the request of the firm's IT director to test the resilience of the company to social engineering attacks.
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Social engineering attacks are easy.
Unbelievable! It makes you wonder about all the companies that have our personal info in their systems. I think trust is right out the window here!
Everytime you turn around these days, you’re getting deceived again...
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