When it comes to protecting her clients, Nena employs both aggressive and defensive strategies. Who Nena really is. Different types of hackers are represented by different colored hats.

Select two non-consecutive chapters, other than Chapter 1) that specify a social engineering attack from Kevin Mitnick's book The Art of Deception and discuss why the exploit worked and what the victims should have done differently (risk mitigation or defense strategies) to mitigate the loss.  Compare the different exploits used in the two chapters.  Why was each exploit chosen for that specific situation? Be sure to list the chapter numbers you are using.

Attackers are always searching for new attack vectors and vulnerabilities. Most of these attacks target computing systems to gain access to information. In recent years, a new type of cybercriminal focuses on monetary gain. Ransomware is one type of monetary gain tool used by cybercriminals. Identify at least three attacks that are current. What did they do? Were they successful? How were they spread? Would you recommend a client to pay the ransom or not? How can you protect yourself from this type of attack?

Security from up high, as opposed to from the bottom up: So what are the upsides of doing this?