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How far do you trust an unknown USB Stick?

September 11, 2008 by patrick.ogenstad 2 Comments

USB Stick

Suppose there was an unknown USB stick, waiting to be found in your parking lot. Perhaps this would scare you enough to disable autorun throughout your domain (you’ve done that right)? Now imagine if someone gave one of your users a USB device which was connected to a workstation on your network and in turn your network was compromised. How would you explain that? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Security Tagged With: Social Engineering

Social Engineering on the Train

August 19, 2008 by patrick.ogenstad 2 Comments

Train Ticket

During your childhood I’m sure you experienced a lot of magic, some things were just so fantastic and mind boggling you just couldn’t figure it out. For me, one of these extraordinary events was the work of train conductors. Before you laugh hear me out!
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Filed Under: Security Tagged With: Security Policy, Social Engineering