14:04 Smokers undermine information security | |
| Where the smoker - there and open the door. Total ban on smoking in offices, forcing dependence on nicotine geek to run into the street. Back door is left open for them. According to British specialists, social hackers can use this "hole". British consulting firm NTA Monitor, which specializes in IT-security, conducted an experiment. During this experience, a hacker could easily enter the corporate building through a back door, which left specifically for smokers. Inside the building the attacker using social engineering techniques entered the meeting room. Full-time employees of the company held it there and left alone. To penetrate into the building did not need a hacker to pass. He simply waited for smokers smoke break is over, and then went through the same door. A few minutes later he was able to connect my laptop to the corporate VoIP-network - directly from the meeting room. Fortunately, the company data network has been separated from VoIP-network, so that unauthorized access brought a few problems. In most other companies attacker for several minutes would copy all the necessary data and calmly left the building. Roy Hill (Roy Hills), technical director of NTA Monitor pun: "There were times when the company left the" back door "(backdoor) open in the sense of computer security. Now they are literally leaving it open for smokers. " This is particularly dangerous due to the fact that hackers are increasingly using social engineering techniques to infiltrate corporate networks. Specialist stresses that the "hole" in computer security has arisen because of new legislation in the U.S. and some European countries, which forbids to create smoking areas in office buildings. In July, the law goes into effect throughout the UK. | |
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