August 2009
Beginner
298 pages
9h 5m
English
Attackers will break away from their traditional opportunistic attacks and begin targeting their victims. With the emergence of sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook, attackers are presented with the opportunity to target an individual. Targeting specific individuals, such as executives, provides an attacker the opportunity to benefit financially while decreasing the amount of risk he is exposed to.
Security administrators need to allow their users to browse the Internet and check their mail. Due to this, administrators will have a difficult time deterring the attacks presented in this chapter.
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