Re: Need to generate passwords

[Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Even better, with legitimate user access he now has access to the line of
business applications, like creditor maintenance, accounts payable....


> Because, eventually someone will notice the "malware" program and/or his
> actions and stop him.  They may even deny his account access to the
> system and/or terminate his employment, but not always.
>
> If he has other people's passwords, he can still log on after this
> happens.  He is also harder to trace, because it looks like a normal user
> using the system.
>
>
> On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Booth Martin wrote:
> >
> > I am feeling really stupid here.  If an unaudited user is on the system
> with
> > a malware program going anywhere and doing anything why would he bother
> > hijacking passwords?
> >
>
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