Terrific Tuesday The Twenty-Third

RawAlex · 2006-05-23, 01:11 PM

Social engineering is the most powerful weapon for scammers and jammers. Kevin Mitnick proved this over and over again, not by exploiting the computer systems as much as exploiting people and procedures.

Still to this day, many PC viruses depend on people clicking on an email attachment to spread. They use social tools (Anna Kornakova naked pic.gif) to encourage people to do what they shouldn't do. It is an amazing thing to watch, playing to the curious nature and gullability of humans.

Sort of like selling porn.

Alex

2006-05-23, 01:11 PM	#25
RawAlex Took the hint. Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,597	Social engineering is the most powerful weapon for scammers and jammers. Kevin Mitnick proved this over and over again, not by exploiting the computer systems as much as exploiting people and procedures. Still to this day, many PC viruses depend on people clicking on an email attachment to spread. They use social tools (Anna Kornakova naked pic.gif) to encourage people to do what they shouldn't do. It is an amazing thing to watch, playing to the curious nature and gullability of humans. Sort of like selling porn. Alex