Pete Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 It doesn't matter how secure the systems are the weakest link in the chain will always be the human element, whether it's your own stupidity or someone stealing your data who has authorisation to access the data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saboteur Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Agreed with that pete! Thats the truth and will probably always be. Thats due to lack of education usually. There's a whole area of study called social engineering which exploits this for hackers, crackers and the like... and makes the whole process alot easier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprattgaz Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 OK guys, thanks, gonna hit the sack now as I don't think you will appreciate aircraft falling from the sky due to lack of attention... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprattgaz Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 so if it is all human error, why do you guys that understand it still not use it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 so if it is all human error, why do you guys that understand it still not use it? It's not all human error... but the amount of variables involved makes it a lot simpler for me to call my bank instead. I can enter in a few numbers via touchtone and I can do everything I need. With all the ID theft going on at the mo it's almost as easy to get information about people from non-internet sources (mis-laid CDs for example ) as it is to hack them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Alot of it is social engineering or common sence. If they have managed to log an email or hack a site which has a password which can be linked to you or your email then its likely you used the same password for other things, paypal, ebay etc. Also if your username is John_smith then they may try things like john/smith or smith1982 With sites like facebook and bebo out there people are putting more and more personal details online and when they know your name, dob, or location and intrests guessing a password becomes alot easier. Best thing to do is have random passwords with letters and numbers. Dont use the same password for every site. That way at worst if a password is compramised it only lets them into one thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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