12 Ways to Become the Most 'Stupid' Security Guy

By Jim Rapoza ; Photo illustration Brian Moore

Some of the following methods will "help" you become the most stupid security person, "help" sharing important company data as well as your own with strangers, who have bad intentions. Your system will always be "not" protected, so that even a person can accidentally control it. We published this article to "wake up" some people who are too disregarding the most basic security measures, those who "doze off" on the available tools or are offered unreliable on some. website.

1, Come in, come in
This stupid firewall is really annoying. It constantly makes it difficult to use some important software such as online games or file sharing on the network. It is much easier to turn off this firewall.

2, Don't leave home without it

It was a big hard drive in a laptop. Everything important is in it. But don't worry about encrypting all your data because you'll never lose your laptop.

3, impartial access Some Internet shops in public places are certainly the easiest. Is it a good idea to access email and share company information from these systems? 'Hey, are you A studying at XYZ school?' Go see an old friend, maybe the person behind will log out of your company system.

4, Anti-virus program effectively What are your reactions to questions about virus protection? " Of course, I use them! " And you won't really need to worry about antivirus software. After all, if you don't know anything about the viruses, just assume they can't harm you.

5, What is Phishing? "Need to change some wrong information in your PayPal account". It's a bit strange in this email, it's that it uses your name unlike regular PayPal emails: it's misspelled, but, hmm, is there anything to worry about? This website still regularly sends this type of mail to you. Well, please log in your name and password to your account.

6, I'm rich! Luckily for you, a prince in Nigerian gave you a small amount of money, but to get that money, you must first send him a few thousand dollars. A scary big deal!

7, Get the attachments right away
Someone you have never heard of the self-proclaimed name sent you an email saying: "Let's try this game, it's fun!". And you think: unknown people on the Internet will never send something that could harm you.

8, My password is "."

The easiest thing to remember a password is your birthday, right? Or if it is difficult to remember, you can write your password on a sheet of paper and leave it in front of the screen. And even easier, let an application run with the default password, which is the best to avoid forgetting the password.

9, Patches here! Hey, the programs and software on your computer don't need any patches and updates from untrusted sources. Don't listen to the idle warnings that the system has holes in the pages that pass by accidentally. Otherwise you will "carry the snake home".

10, Is the Web your playground? Oh, this weird website is filled with ads with very strange words, ending with a URL containing really cool applications to download! And are you sure that a new screen saver software won't have any bad effect on your system?

11, Expanded networks It's a new wireless network that lets you surf the web anywhere. And especially, it is easy to use when you do not turn on any security mode and the whole system is shared a lot including documents, open documents. Hey, the car that must have been parked out there for a long time.

12, You are a person who really believes in people
You just got a call from an IT colleague in the company. He said he needed to know all your account information and your password to check on a new company system. Normally, this job is done by another person but it seems that the person is busy so ask someone else to do it. Then help him!