As I write these pieces for Forbes Tech Council, I’ve tried to chip away at the Hollywood reputation that hackers have been given over the years. That reputation often keeps people from making good decisions about how to protect their networks and data, keeps people focused on the wrong security priorities, and causes people to give up before the game is over.
It’s important to keep in mind, however, that while criminal hackers may be smart and devious, they are also, in a sense, entrepreneurs who are in the game to make a quick buck. As such, they realize that hacking costs money and so they will do what they can to keep their operating costs low. Why, then, would you expect a criminal hacker to expend time and money developing specialized tools when there are easier ways to get to what they want?
Read the full article at Forbes here
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
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