stackyFACTSForget complex brute-force attacks; human curiosity is the ultimate security vulnerability.
Forget complex brute-force attacks; human curiosity is the ultimate security vulnerability. Attackers routinely scatter malicious flash drives in the parking lots of target facilities, knowing full well that some employee will eventually plug one into a secure terminal just to see what is on it. The most sophisticated firewalls on earth are completely useless against a guy wanting to see if he found free vacation pictures.
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