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posted by CoolHand on Wednesday February 15 2017, @07:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the hollywood-security dept.

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=2402215&pageTitle=HP-reinvents-security-with-global-campaign-starring-Christian-Slater

HP Inc. today introduced the first of a series of global initiatives to elevate awareness of the security risks facing businesses and consumers. It kicks off with award-winning actor Christian Slater and the premiere of the newly launched HP Studios' web series, The Wolf, highlighting how corporate networks can be hacked and what companies must do to protect themselves. Watch and share the trailer and web series at www.hp.com/TheWolf. View "The Wolf" online press kit click here and link to the live press kit.

In the series, Slater systematically hacks a company - from the mailroom to the boardroom - through overlooked vulnerabilities and poorly secured printers and PCs. This first installment reinforces that security is no longer just the responsibility of the network or something at the perimeter, but it's a concern for everyone.


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  • (Score: 1) by anubi on Thursday February 16 2017, @04:02AM

    by anubi (2828) on Thursday February 16 2017, @04:02AM (#467708) Journal

    Just how much of this untrustworthiness of our systems is due to backdoors deliberately placed in our systems by those wishing to still control their product *after* the sale?

    How much of this is caused by honoring "hold harmless" clauses.... would we accept this kind of stuff from restauranteurs or car manufacturers?

    I find it absolutely ludicrous as to how much we are willing to go along with those who think the ability to snoop on me behind my back. Doesn't anyone else besides techie guys like us realize that by handing control of our machines to someone else willy-nilly leads to disastrous results?

    This is akin to me letting completely un-vetted "workmen" into my house under the pretense they are there to fix a pipe... then I find them in my bedroom going through my dresser!

    For being "Intelligence" agencies... some of the stuff they do sure seems dumb to me. All this backdoor and code-mixed-with-data stuff is only leading to a world where nobody knows what the hell is going on in our computational infrastructure... well, at least no-one but the perpetrator who stands to make a profit during the melee.

    No one's stuff is secure anymore. I do not know who said this first, but it sure rings true... "Security through Obscurity is no security at all." All obscurity does is relegate your keys to the ones who have the database and tools to get in. Like any skilled thing, that which may take me months takes a skilled practitioner a few minutes.

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    "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]