A lot of hacking is actually social engineering. It’s not hard to get a tech-illiterate person to give up their password, and that’s the softest target for an attack.
There are usb sticks that can kill your pc by getting charged and then discharging all the electricity at once to your pc so no sandbox will save you in situations like those.
Or even jaded tech savvy people. I work in IT and there have been a number of times that I have witnessed or heard about people who know better causing an incident because they’re burnt out or irate.
A lot of hacking is actually social engineering. It’s not hard to get a tech-illiterate person to give up their password, and that’s the softest target for an attack.
I prefer the old “drop a usb in the parking lot”
Be sure to put a label on it that says “secrets!”
Nowadays you’d probably be more likely to get a hit by putting an “Anime titties” label on the drive
Why would you drop a drive full of world news?
I’m interested.
Pick Me Up.
I prefer a label that says, “Warning: USB stick contains scary virus. Do not plug into a computer”
I bet someone still would
It’s what sandboxes are for.
There are usb sticks that can kill your pc by getting charged and then discharging all the electricity at once to your pc so no sandbox will save you in situations like those.
Me: Plugs USB into throwaway computer. Computer: dies. Me: “well that’s a pretty boring virus!”
Just put the CEO’s name on it and a very recent date. They’ll be dying to know what secret information the CEO was carrying around.
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Managment taking notes:
Or even jaded tech savvy people. I work in IT and there have been a number of times that I have witnessed or heard about people who know better causing an incident because they’re burnt out or irate.
“Wait a second…I don’t give a shit about this company.”
This seems like there is an idea for a joke or a comic here somewhere…
Happy employees are less likely to be socially engineered? Wow shocker
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That’s a good point! I like the way you think! What is your password?
It’s *******, what’s yours?
Edit: that’s cool, Lemmy blocks it out!
Ah, cool, let me try:
iWantToSuckFrozengyro’sToes69
Oh so that’s why Lemmy sensors my f words
hunter2
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I am so sick of everyone asking me for my password with no spaces or capitals.
W h A t I s Y o U r P a S s W o R d ?
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