Dear MEL Topic Readers,
We asked a hacker to try and steal a CNN tech
reporter's data. Here's what happened
White knight is a person or thing that comes
to someone's aid. For example, when a company is facing a hostile takeover bid,
white knight might make an acceptable counteroffer to block the bid.
Interestingly, there is another “white -thing” that helps save companies. White
hats are hackers who attack companies to help them protect from malicious
hackers, or black hats. They run penetration tests to find where and how the
companies are vulnerable to attackers who use various forms of deception like
an app that disguises the voice to convince customer service agents to hand over
private information. This kind of technique is often called social engineering.
For example, a social engineer pretends to be a registered customer of an
online shop customer and gets information like the home address and phone number
of the customer. And surprisingly, it’s easy. Companies can make it more
difficult, or defensive, to protect their customers’ information by double or
triple their guards, like sending a verification code to the registered phone
number or email address and have the caller read back or type it in. However,
it might be taken as too cumbersome by most customers because they always want
things to be easier and they want to be trusted.
How these white hats do their business?
Enjoy reading the article and watching the
video to find how vulnerable your privacy could be.
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