What data breaches teach us about the future of malware: Your own data could dupe you

When a eBay suffered a massive data breach a few weeks ago, most of the attention revolved around the compromise of passwords and the vulnerabilities in the site’s security. While those are legitimate concerns, they obscure the most glaringly weak link in the security chain: people. Indeed, it was not a sophisticated exploit that facilitated the eBay breach, but an old-fashioned con. It’s been …

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