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Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue'

posted by janrinok on Sunday October 09 2016, @12:20AM   Printer-friendly
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Phoenix666 writes:

Relentless cybersecurity warnings have given people "security fatigue" that stops them keeping themselves safe, suggests a study.

Many ignored warnings they received, found the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Others were worn out by software updates and by the number of passwords they had to remember, NIST found.

This "risky behaviour" might make people more susceptible to attack, it warned.

Biometrics will save us, won't they?

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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday October 09 2016, @10:57PM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Sunday October 09 2016, @10:57PM (#412235) Homepage Journal

    it's not just windows, it's other operating systems as well as all my application.

    I just don't have the headspace to deal with it all. I've got windows update shut off. Maybe someday I'll spend an entire week downloading and waiting for reboots, but then maybe I'll get cryptolocked:

    That's what backups are for.

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