Bad behaviour: exploiting human weaknesses
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- 作者：Steve Mansfield-Devine (editor)Author Vitae
- 刊名：Computer Fraud & Security
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：2017
- 期：1
- 页码：17-20
- 全文大小：964 K
- 卷排序：2017
文摘
It's all too easy to see computer security as a technology issue – and one that can be fixed by throwing more technology at the problem. And yet the key element in many attacks is human frailty. Various malicious actors – from fake Nigerian princes to state-backed cyber-warriors – continue to use tried and tested social engineering techniques to convince people to do things that are not in their best interest. As Markus Jakobsson, chief scientist at email specialist Agari, explains in this interview, the technology and techniques involved in online scams have evolved – and so have our responses – but the underlying flaw remains human nature itself.