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Social engineers veil themselves in a cloak of believability.


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There is no patch for stupidity.

There is no patch for stupidity.



Social engineering bypasses all technologies, including firewalls.

Social engineering bypasses all technologies, including firewalls.



You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect your self as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk.

You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect your self as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk.



Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion.

Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion.



Are hackers a threat? The degree of threat presented by any conduct, whether legal or illegal, depends on the actions and intent of the individual and the harm they cause.

Are hackers a threat? The degree of threat presented by any conduct, whether legal or illegal, depends on the actions and intent of the individual and the harm they cause.



Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.



Social engineering is using deception, manipulation and influence to convince a human who has access to a computer system to do something, like click on an attachment in an e-mail.

Social engineering is using deception, manipulation and influence to convince a human who has access to a computer system to do something, like click on an attachment in an e-mail.



As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool.

As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool.



The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.

The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.



I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.

I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.





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When will money not come to one? It is when he speaks ill of others and scandalizes. Money will come to the one who has purity of mind, body and speech.



In Italy we have not a Common law legal system, we have a stupid one instead!

In Italy we have not a Common law legal system, we have a stupid one instead!



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It is what you are inside that matters. You yourself are your only real capital.

It is what you are inside that matters. You yourself are your only real capital.



No, I like you alive and warm and wiggling.

No, I like you alive and warm and wiggling.



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I think that as an artist, the more that you can do to diversify, and kind of challenge yourself, the more you grow.



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Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.



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It's a sound bite. It's very of this age, because that's what people want.



Nobody is exempt from saying stupid things, the harm is to do it presumptuously.

Nobody is exempt from saying stupid things, the harm is to do it presumptuously.



Why, who cries out on pride that can therein tax any private party? Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea till the weary very means do ebb?

Why, who cries out on pride that can therein tax any private party? Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea till the weary very means do ebb?




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