A great quote from the story is "Typically, administrators patch vulnerable machines or deploy some sort of intrusion prevention system (IPS) to protect against exploits. Both approaches are effective the majority of the time, but neither approach protects systems against the uneducated user." It's such a polite way of saying something I've heard several times a week since becoming responsible for infosec..."you can't secure 'stupid' ".
In this story, that goes both ways. Read on.
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