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Human Beings: The most easily exploitable aspect of security

Month: March 2018

Two Truths and a Lie? To Hide a Hack or Tell?

IT Security /
Chad Gutschenritter / March 30, 2018

  Post based on the following article found at Gizmodo.com: Clever Tool to Detect Hacks Companies Haven’t Told Users About by Melanie Ehrenkranz   People are at the mercy of the companies that they choose to give their personal or sensitive/confidential information to and companies are at the mercy of the vendors they choose to …

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The Malicious Attackers Never Ending Search for the Administrative Account

IT Security /
Chad Gutschenritter / March 22, 2018

  “A survey by Centrify found that almost 60% of IT professionals shared privileged account access credentials with co-workers. Technology analyst firm, Forrester, estimates that 80% of corporate security breaches result from privileged identity compromises.”                – Josh Berman More times than not, we are coming to find out …

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The Most Dangerous Aspect of Security – The Human Infrastructure

Social Engineering /
Chad Gutschenritter / March 14, 2018

“Remember: those who build walls think differently than those who seek to go over, under, around or through them. If you think you can’t be conned, you’re just the person I’d like to meet.” – Paul Wilson Blog post number 1! I am excited to have you along for the ride and greatly appreciate you …

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