Reply to post: Re: Plus ça change

It has been 20 years since cybercrims woke up to social engineering with an intriguing little email titled 'ILOVEYOU'

Christopher Reeve's Horse

Re: Plus ça change

Well that's just it isn't it... We always assume that the latest software and patches are reasonable, we did 20 years ago too.

What worries me is - what is this kind of article going to look like in another 20 years? Will the security threats of 2020 be seen as quaint? Will the attack surface always continue to expand, or will a point ever be reached where the problem of reliable computer security has effectively been solved? Answers on a postcard, or preferably in a flash embedded object in an .xls file...

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