Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s mailroom

Re:Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s ma... by munk-a on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @02:26PM (#20637430)

Yea, this ^. This attack approach is interesting but any company that's serious about security needs to realize that anything opened up on wifi is a big hole - this used to be more amusingly exploited by war-driving, just driving around a neighborhood looking for someone with an open network that spills out into the street so you could download the latest episode of friends.

I don't work in this sort of security and it seems terrifying, the social engineering side is especially crazy.

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Re:Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s ma... by zeta0134 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @02:49PM (#20637655)

I used to do this as a kid in rural Texas, when we could only afford dial-up at the house and my parents didn't let me on the network very often. Good times! I'm terrified of the prospect now, but back then I really appreciated all my neighbors who ran unsecured wireless networks named "linksys"

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Re:Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s ma... by austinheap on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @03:14PM (#20637888)

The social engineering side is 100x the threat. Handshake brute forcing is a show pony trick.

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