Susan Mauldin’s Complete Failure As Equifax’s Security Chief Rightly Strikes Sour Notes
The pundits are right: Susan Mauldin's music degrees didn't make her a bad chief security officer. Her failure to do even the obvious basics did.
Tag: social engineering
Book Review: The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
Kevin Mitnick's book on hacking / social engineering shows its age, and isn't of much use in understanding today's security picture.
News Of The World Wasn’t ‘Hacking’ Voicemail, It Was Blagging
Hacking is intentionally changing something to work other than as designed. Blagging is exploiting someone's ignorance or inattention.
The Lessons We Should All Relearn From HBGary
HB Gary made a number of simple mistakes that led to a major hack. Those mistakes are all too common, in every organization.