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Surfing the Web's Like Driving a Car: Buckle Up Your Info

Larry Keating | Posted 01.21.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Business Internet Security, Data Protection, Online Security, Taking Online Precautions, Seatbelt Law, Online Identity, Online Information, Video, Canada Business News
Larry Keating

We wouldn't let our children, our most important personal assets, drive around without a seat belt. But we still resist the idea that an appropriate amount of effort and investment is critical in securing our most important business asset, our information. To a hacker, your system password alone is as about as good as wrapping your data in a big red bow.

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Is Your Brain Being Hacked?

Paul Comessotti | Posted 10.14.2012 | Canada
Read More: Corporate Hacking, Zero Day, Zero Day Hacking, Social Media, Personal Information Online, Vulnerable Systems, Hacking Computers, Seo, Hacking, Online Information, Canada News
Paul Comessotti

Whether con games are played in the digital world or the physical one, getting someone to lower their guard with a clever ruse makes the life of a thief that much easier. In the vernacular of hackers, this is called social engineering. Social engineering is about hacking the human mind, something that in many ways is significantly easier than finding a new software vulnerability and using it as a gateway into your enterprise. One way to get hold of that information is to target people according to their jobs and interests, and there is perhaps no greater source of data on those subjects than social networks.

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