Human Nature vs. Security

Human Nature vs. Security
Daniel Hanson, 2004-03-29

Social engineering in the latest crop of viruses has people jumping through hoops to open malicious attachments. How do we change the pattern?

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Nice summary of the problem, but where's the solution? 2004-03-30
Anonymous (2 replies)

Nice summary of the problem, but where's the solution? 2004-03-30
Anonymous

He did post a solution: Wait, and people will start doing something once they've been hit hard.

Whether this is a good solution is moot, and if the author truly believes this is the solution, he's either in the wrong field of work or does it only for the money.

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Nice summary of the problem, but where's the solution? 2004-04-06
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