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A few words on one of the more frequent tricks "hackers" use to get your information. It's called Social Engineering.

Social Engineering is a hacker term for deceiving people into revealing confidential information. It is a tactic that is often used by hackers to gain information about a network or simply to bypass a complex security system altogether. (Why bother brute force cracking a password if you can con an employee into revealing it to you.) In most cases hackers pose as company employees (typically over the phone), and try to gain the confidence of an employee who has access to the required information. One of the more recent scams is to pose as a Bank or Finance institute and request that you verify account information for "security purposes". Often, official looking logos and addresses are used to trick you into clicking on these links. If done correctly, the "mark" doesn't even know they've been conned, and the hacker can travel across your network undetected using "legitimate' credentials.

Combating this threat requires 2 things: Awareness of social engineering techniques and education of new threats as they occur....which is why you will begin to see more links on this page and others on this site that bring you updated information on these threats.