7 sneak attacks used by today's most devious hackers

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  1. FreddyFreeloader

    FreddyFreeloader Registered Member

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    Read about the 7:
    http://features.techworld.com/security/3471214/7-sneak-attacks-used-by-todays-most-devious-hackers
     
    FreddyFreeloader, Dec 1, 2013
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    aztony Registered Member

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    Interesting read, thanks for sharing.
     
    aztony, Dec 1, 2013
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  3. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    If you know about their attacks, they are neither sneak nor devious.
    The article should be empty, hence devious.
    Mrk
     
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  4. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    There's one problem with almost all of the tactics mentioned.
    The vector of infection. Once you have a bad file on a machine ...
    Wait, how does a bad file get there. That's the big one.

    Not what you do once it's there.

    System path ... not a biggie, and how do you get a file to reside anywhere. Aha. Game over. What happens later is irrelevant.

    So not quite.

    Mrk
     
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  5. FreddyFreeloader

    FreddyFreeloader Registered Member

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    Looks like some of those attacks fooled the experts at Microsoft, Google, Apple.
     
    FreddyFreeloader, Dec 1, 2013
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