Stupid security mistakes: Things you missed while doing the hard stuff

JMH · Jun 5, 2012

If you're worried about high-tech hackers using advanced and sinister techniques to break through your fancy firewalls -- well, that's not outside the realm of possibility. By all means, spend money on firewalls! But you might also want to keep in mind some distinctly low-tech security problems that are not particularly sophisticated -- in fact, some might call them distinctly dumb -- that nevertheless mean bad things for the companies or people who suffer them.

[ Think we're being too mean? See 'Microsoft goes back to blaming victims: Your malware problem is your fault" ]

http://www.itworld.com/security/272...akes-things-you-missed-while-doing-hard-stuff

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Stupid security mistakes: Things you missed while doing the hard stuff

JMH

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