Hackers Hide Cyberattacks in Social Media Posts

Minimalist · May 28, 2017

It took only one attempt for Russian hackers to make their way into the computer of a Pentagon official. But the attack didn’t come through an email or a file buried within a seemingly innocuous document.

A link, attached to a Twitter post put out by a robot account, promised a family-friendly vacation package for the summer. It was the kind of thing anyone might click on, according to the official hit by the attack, who was not authorized to speak publicly about it.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/28/technology/hackers-hide-cyberattacks-in-social-media-posts.html

EASTER · May 28, 2017

Minimalist said: ↑

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/28/technology/hackers-hide-cyberattacks-in-social-media-posts.html
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If there's consolation in this at all it's that more effort will go into the Robot Audits I guess.

There is no immediate remedy for the common click finger twitch however.

The Defense Department employee who told The Times that he had been part of the recent breach said he had been targeted through his wife’s Twitter account. She was the one to click on a link to a vacation package, after exchanging messages with friends over what they should do with their children over the summer.

Once the hackers got into her computer, the official said, they got to his computer through a shared home network.
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Reality · May 28, 2017

Twitter FB and the like are hotbeds of trouble right out the gate. Responding to unsolicited offers such as "promised a family-friendly vacation package for the summer." is just asking for trouble.

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