Sophisticated hackers now use "social engineering" - exploiting the psychological vulnerabilities of human users - rather than technological weaknesses in security systems, famous former hacker Kevin Mitnick told a cyber security conference in Dubai.
Mr Mitnick, 49, from Los Angeles, was once the most-wanted cyber criminal in the United States and spent five years in jail in the 1990s for computer fraud. He is now a security consultant.
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