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Threats & Consequences:

Suppose if a hacker hacks into a bank's system, he has access to all the credit card and debit card numbers of all the customers of the bank, Imagine how much he could steal. Or say if a hacker gets into the defense system of a country and is able to steal information and sell it to the country's enemy, Imagine what doom it could spell. Or if a hacker could break into a company's website server, he could deface the company's website which could damage the image of the company in the market.

Now we come to most dangerous threats of all..
Social Engineering through popular social networking sites like FaceBook, Orkut, etc.. are becoming very popular as people tend to TRUST people they make friends with online.

Suppose a hacker be-friends you on a social networking site, he becomes your good friend you trust, he slowly starts to extract all confidential information from you like username, password, bank account information, your company details, your company's IT infrastructure, etc.. with which he can plan further attacks.

There are various ways in which he can extract information, he can trick you in revealing it yourself, the hacker might monitor your intrests & hobbies, based on which he can send you a link by email or share a link on the social networking site which on clicking has your computer infected by virus, malware, trojans and what not. The hacker can then easily hack into or monitor your system for your confidential information that you enter online like your online baking details, your email id and password, etc..

OR

The hacker can call you on behalf of a bank, send emails posing as a legitimate bank with your pesonal details, he makes you click on a link which takes you to a fake bank website which looks same the original one. Since the hacker already has your personal information and the fake website looks same as the original one you are tricked into entering your username, password, credit card, debit card details on the fake website which in turn goes to the hacker.

OR

Most of the times by simply reading your profile on FaceBook or Orkut or etc..

The information revealed can be used against that person in a number of ways that you cannot even imagine..

In the worst case abduction, extortion and murder like of Adnan Patrawala by his friends who be-friended him on orkut. May Lord rest his soul in peace..

These are the threats of Information falling in wrong hands.. So, as we can see there can be dire consequnces of Information Theft. So folks, Let me ask you one more time. Now do you think information should be protected?

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Stiil not convinced?????

I'll give you few more.. ARE YOU A FACEBOOK FAN??? Then this one's for you.

Facebook attack tricks users into 'liking' malicious links
1 Jun 2010 ... Just because your Facebook friend appears to 'like' something doesn't mean you should too. Another clickjacking scam has hit Facebook.

Social Engineering on Facebook – you're probably already a victim
5 Apr 2010 ... Many people these days use Facebook (myself included). On this social site, it's easy to get a little more relaxed about what information we ...

At this point you would wonder what is social engineering??

Social Engineering is the art of tricking people into revealing confidential information. This can be done in many ways. I will take you through this in my further posts.

"If it hasn't hit the news where you live yet, then it should soon enough. Using Facebook, an 18-year-old male student managed to social engineer at least 31 male classmates into sending nude pictures of themselves to him. Inevitably, many became victims of blackmail." - Source: FierceCIO

Ever heard about the Adnan Patrawala murder case by his friends he be-friended on ORKUT????

Scary????

No.. Yes.. ???? Thinking.. ???

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Welcome back guys.. Hope you have had a good time racking your brains figuring out should information be protected or not..

If you say no, Please read on..

'Chinese Agents Hacked India's Secret Documents'
6 Apr 2010 ... The report also finds that the spies also hacked into information on visa applications submitted to Indian diplomatic missions in ...

Army officer's computer hacked: govt
7 May 2010 ... An Army investigation has found that the information e-mailed from a Major's computer was a case of 'cyber security breach' and not ...

‘The Analyzer’ Pleads Guilty in $10 Million Bank-Hacking Case
25 Aug 2009 ... The intruder again used a SQL injection attack, and losses added up to more .... Hmmm hacking banks with SQL injection, cops intercepting ...

Vijay Mallya's website hacked by Pak hackers
16 Aug 2010 ... This time it has hacked into the parliamentary website of Rajya Sabha member Vijay Mallya. The Bangalore-based liquor baron found to his ...

Does that sound scary?? There are thousands of instances like this out there!!
Now what do you say????

Still No.. Check out my next post..........

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Information Security put in simple words is Security of Information.
You might be tempted to ask what is Information, why do we need Information and why should it be secured??

Information can be your daily train departure / arrival timings, timing of your favourite sports show on TV, your daily news, your bills, your credentials i.e. username and password used to pay bills online, your online banking details, credit card details, company sales,contract,financial deatils, country defense details, anything that you read and write is Information.

Hmmm.... That sounds like a lot of important suff out there!!! So, tell me now, should it really be protected????

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