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The insecurity equasion: Two main causes of Online Insecurity!
« on: January 08, 2009, 11:50:48 PM »
Hi malware fighters,

The Causes of Insecurity

Insecurities are generally broken down into two main categories:

    * An active state of insecurity, i.e. user ignorance of the system's functionalities, some of which can be harmful to the system (e.g. not deactivating network services that are not needed by user)
    * A passive state of insecurity, i.e. lack of knowledge of the security measures in place (e.g. when the administrator or user of a system does not know what security devices he or she has)

“insecurity is the problem - knowledge is the cure”,

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