Over half… really!
Specifically, they’re usually caused by SE – the human side of security:
Social Engineering (SE) – to influence someone to do something that’s not in their best interest.
Bascially: you can have all the anti-virus software in the world, but one click on one bad link, and your computer or network is compromised.
Michele Fincher is an expert at getting you to click on that link.
Michele is the Chief Influencing Agent at Social Engineer, Inc., a premier consulting and training company which specializes in the art and science of social engineering (SE).
Don’t be fooled by her prettiness, Michele is a world-class social engineer and will breach your organization, probably while you hold the door for her.
We met at the SC Congress Security Conference, talked about Social Engineering and here comes a little series about hacking the human.
Series Topics:
1 – Don’t get Vished – here
2 – Onsite impersonation works amazing – here
3 – The multi-stage attack – here
Blog tag = social engineering
