ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to 196 · 5 months agoObvious cybersecurity rulelemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1326
arrow-up1326imageObvious cybersecurity rulelemmy.worldZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to 196 · 5 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squarescops@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56·5 months agoLeader: “Alright, while he’s working on breaking into their system, we’ll–” Hacker: “I’m in.” Leader: “That fast? Did you find some zero-day to exploit?” Hacker who just tried username “admin”, password “password”: “Yyyyeeeeeees?”
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]linkfedilinkarrow-up26·edit-25 months agoTo this day, database hacks (top 1000 most popular passwords) and reverse hacks (a few popular passwords on a few thousand accounts) still often result in successful penetrations. The weakest security link is between chair and keyboard.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 months agoI mean, technically, that is a zero-day exploit
Leader: “Alright, while he’s working on breaking into their system, we’ll–”
Hacker: “I’m in.”
Leader: “That fast? Did you find some zero-day to exploit?”
Hacker who just tried username “admin”, password “password”: “Yyyyeeeeeees?”
To this day, database hacks (top 1000 most popular passwords) and reverse hacks (a few popular passwords on a few thousand accounts) still often result in successful penetrations.
The weakest security link is between chair and keyboard.
I mean, technically, that is a zero-day exploit