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Obvious cybersecurity rule (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[–] scops@reddthat.com 56 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Leader: "Alright, while he's working on breaking into their system, we'll--"

Hacker: "I'm in."

Leader: "That fast? Did you find some zero-day to exploit?"

Hacker who just tried username "admin", password "password": "Yyyyeeeeeees?"

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

To this day, database hacks (top 1000 most popular passwords) and reverse hacks (a few popular passwords on a few thousand accounts) still often result in successful penetrations.

The weakest security link is between chair and keyboard.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago

I mean, technically, that is a zero-day exploit