Bottom line: No product you can buy will protect you completely from the most serious threat to your network and your business. That's not what you want to hear after laying out six figures to arm yourself with firewalls, antivirus software, and intrusion-detection applications, is it? Nevertheless, forewarned is forearmed, and there is something you can do to fight this threat. . . .
Bottom line: No product you can buy will protect you completely from the most serious threat to your network and your business. That's not what you want to hear after laying out six figures to arm yourself with firewalls, antivirus software, and intrusion-detection applications, is it? Nevertheless, forewarned is forearmed, and there is something you can do to fight this threat.

I'M TALKING ABOUT social engineering, which is simply a fancy way of saying "getting people who should know better to do what you want." A recent CERT report notes that attempts to hornswoggle those of you using instant messaging and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) via social engineering are on the rise.

Victims of these hoaxes are directed to sites that ostensibly will help them, but really plant Trojan horse programs on their computers. Now what if the unsuspecting victim is infected with a Trojan horse at the office? It could be very costly to your business.

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