Thursday, November 29, 2007

Social engineering attacks on the rise / Computer Weekly, 27 November 2007
http://digbig.com/4wbhm
Ian Grant
"Criminals are increasingly using social engineering attacks to penetrate corporate IT defences, the Sans ­Institute has warned. The security training organisation's latest annual list of the top 20 attack targets reveals that hackers have stepped up their use of phishing and other social engineering attacks as network defences become more robust."