You’ve found a USB memory stick in the parking lot at your office. Which of these security exploits may be at work?
A) Spyware
B) Virus
C) Social engineering
D) Application vulnerability
E) Finders-keepers
The answer: C) Social engineering
One of the most difficult security exploits to identify is the one that has very little to do with technology. Enticing someone into putting a USB memory stick into their office computer is one of the more common social engineering techniques. Once the social engineering exploit has worked, the USB key will usually load some type of malicious software onto the computer.
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