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xs4me2

@stux

Sigh...

Well, it's what they call social engineering, but this one was too easy.... ;)

1 Sep 2023 at 17:29 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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GJ Groothedde ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

@xs4me2
This is in fact precisely how easy it often IS.
@stux

1 Sep 2023 at 17:38 | Open on mastodon.social
xs4me2

@Eetschrijver @stux

Well known tricks: befriend, chitchat, and let them talk...

And in the end 90% make obvious choices, names of pets, loved ones, easily rememberable dates... etc etc...

Admin Admin... sigh...

1 Sep 2023 at 17:41 | Open on mastodon.social
GJ Groothedde ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

@xs4me2
You'd be surprised at the number of people whose phone id is actually 0000. My uncle, many years ago, thought he was really smart by using 'password' as his password ANYWHERE. They'll never guess THAT, he bellowed. Sure. ๐Ÿคท
@stux

1 Sep 2023 at 17:44 | Open on mastodon.social
xs4me2

@Eetschrijver @stux Yeah, I know the 0000 ;)

The 2 factor authentication nowadays makes it much safer, but also (much) more annoying...

1 Sep 2023 at 17:48 | Open on mastodon.social
GJ Groothedde ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

@xs4me2
It's well known that many people will skip annoying stuff.
@stux

1 Sep 2023 at 17:49 | Open on mastodon.social
xs4me2

@Eetschrijver @stux

Also!

But for (my) work, for "official" tooling and logon to company network it's mandatory...

And monthly changes to the PWDs...

And then there are cheat sheets.... (writing them doing)...

1 Sep 2023 at 17:55 | Open on mastodon.social
Landa

@xs4me2 @stux not all engineering problems are very difficult ๐Ÿ˜‚

1 Sep 2023 at 19:07 | Open on graz.social
xs4me2

@Landa @stux

Thatยดs because they are not actually engineering ;)

1 Sep 2023 at 19:43 | Open on mastodon.social
Landa

@xs4me2 I donโ€™t know.
As I grow experienced in this job, I started to understand that sometimes a little white hat social engineering is the best engineering solution available ๐Ÿ˜‚

1 Sep 2023 at 19:51 | Open on graz.social
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