During the very first session I attended at Enfuse 2016 — Public Information Gathering and Social Engineering: Low Tech, High Reward, presented by Ken Pyle, partner with DFDR Consulting – I was blown away by how easy it is to gather personal information and gain access to a network. In another post, I will go more in depth about how companies are unwittingly sharing everything a bad guy needs to get into your system, but today, I want to tie one of Pyle’s comments with something that is currently in the news.
As he spoke about the ways we leave traces of information behind for hackers to find and use, Pyle mentioned MySpace, calling it a gold mine of information for thieves. Yes, the social media site has all but disappeared from the social networking consciousness, but the site itself didn’t disappear. Neither did all of that information that users once shared with the same vigor they now share on Facebook, Instagram and other sites. No one ever deletes their stuff, Pyle told the audience. Mostly, we forget that it is even there. For the full article click here
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