Today there is a video on YouTube of John McAfee performing what appears to be an impressive hack on Stuart Varney of FOX news. It's an old trick based on poor security on voice mail systems. McAfee also cheated because he already knew Varney's phone number.
It's called "Social Engineering" that's where I break into your network with your help. It's not really hacking in the true sense. A real hacker gets in electronically and makes no contact with you at all.
Getting into someone's voice mail is usually pretty easy since people tend to use dumb and simple passwords. To get into your voice mail all I need is your phone number and knowledge of your voice mail system. Many voice mail systems are easy to hack.
No I'm not going to tell you how.
However I will tell you to use a password unrelated to birthdays and other personal events in your life that people can guess. And don't think you are smart by using 69, we already know that password.
To avoid becoming a victim of 'Social Engineering' use two factor authentication for company security. Never accept a phone number from someone telling you they are from security. Take their name and call them back at the number you know not the one they tell you they are calling from. Caller Id can be faked, so that's not good verification either.
If you "Don't have the time for that" then maybe you'll have to find a new job after your company is shut down.
When the IT guy/gal shows up at your desk and you don't know them, then call someone and verify him/her. Never tell us your password we should have our own. If they absolutely must log in as you then stay at your computer and watch what they do, but don't give them your password and change it after they leave. I love when you leave your computer logged in and go for coffee. All the files I've copied give me lots of job security.
Please feel free to click on the comments of this post and send us your user Id and Password. We'll be sure to put it to good use.
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