Time for weeks 7-8! I know that this learning log's two days late (durrr) but that doesn't meant I won't put my heart into it. Let's see. Admittedly, I'm still looking into the Moodle files to see what exactly we discussed these past two weeks (yes, my memory is that bad).
Hmmm here's an article that wasn't covered in the lectures. Security Bulletin, The Human Vulnerability: Exploits and Countermeasures. Who wrote it? It's none other than this blog's sole readership, Mr. Justin Pineda himself (gasp).
I confirm that yes, I did read the whole thing. And I have to agree with a lot of points. Humans are the weakest link. Humans do pose the biggest security threats. Emotions are the most exploitable factor of the human; funnily enough, emotions do make the man. Trust is exploited. Recreational desire is exploited. Alarm is exploited. The degree of how much a person can read another person's future actions through their emotional habits is really rather remarkable. So much more amazing is the fact that alarm, which is supposed to raise a person's immediate awareness, is actually a danger as a long-term effect.
As a finishing note, I have to say that I was amazed by the things that social engineering can do. I have never really heard of a case where a high-ranking person is tricked into revealing sensitive information by a single phone call. Is wittybunny.com a security risk too? (not that I use it).
Well, I have to go. While looking through the file in Moodle, I saw that the debate for tomorrow's supposed to be formalized :O. And in an Asian Parliamentary form no less. I gotta go prep up my teammates. So ciao! See you in two weeks, where hopefully I'd have a thought up of a blog name by then.
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