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
I’m interested.
Why would you drop a drive full of world news?
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.
Managment making notes
All employess must be buff! Fitness trainings for everyone are now mandatory! Problem solved.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