Re:Anonymous Pledges to Take Down Facebook
by johnrob on Tuesday August 09, 2011 @11:33PM
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Taking something apart is vastly easier than putting it together. Just because Anon is small doesn't mean they can't find an exploit.
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Re:Anonymous Pledges to Take Down Facebook
by rpearl on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @12:34AM
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they just haven't even done anything novel. Why should we expect them to now? Facebook is very unlikely to have the usual slough of easy sql injections.
I am quite sure that someone good could find attacks against facebook. I am dubious that anonymous can.
Re:Anonymous Pledges to Take Down Facebook
by davedx on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @03:55AM
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Easily said, but do you know what 'attack surface' means in infosec?
Facebook's is vast.
Re:Anonymous Pledges to Take Down Facebook
by potatolicious on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @05:00AM
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There are many levels of intrusion. I give Anon enough credit that they might be able to cause some mayhem, maybe even some real harm. Maybe they'll take down Facebook Chat (to the great ambivalence of everyone)... but to 0wn/DDoS the main Facebook site altogether? I dunno...
It's like, I may be able to find some way to force all the toilets at CIA Headquarters to back up. That's not the same thing as compromising their spies' identities. Not all exploits are equal.