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Hacking skills (startrek.website)
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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 126 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago

I prefer the old “drop a usb in the parking lot”

Be sure to put a label on it that says "secrets!"

[-] teft@startrek.website 37 points 2 years ago

Nowadays you'd probably be more likely to get a hit by putting an "Anime titties" label on the drive

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

Why would you drop a drive full of world news?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 7 points 2 years ago

I'm interested.

[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 8 points 2 years ago

I prefer a label that says, "Warning: USB stick contains scary virus. Do not plug into a computer"

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago
[-] Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.

[-] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Me: Plugs USB into throwaway computer. Computer: dies. Me: "well that's a pretty boring virus!"

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 35 points 2 years ago

"Wait a second...I don't give a shit about this company."

[-] illi@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

This seems like there is an idea for a joke or a comic here somewhere...

[-] hellishharlot@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago

Happy employees are less likely to be socially engineered? Wow shocker

[-] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

That's a good point! I like the way you think! What is your password?

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's *******, what's yours?

Edit: that's cool, Lemmy blocks it out!

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago

Ah, cool, let me try:

iWantToSuckFrozengyro'sToes69

[-] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Oh so that's why Lemmy sensors my f words

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago
[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 2 years ago

I am so sick of everyone asking me for my password with no spaces or capitals.

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

W h A t I s Y o U r P a S s W o R d ?

this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2023
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