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pervasive vulnerabilities in offensive mindset - haughty hubris
From: coderman <coderman () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 14:00:35 -0700
hacking is addictive! ... and leads to poor judgement at all scales. the first step is admitting you have problem. "hi, my name is [REDACTED] and i want to HACK EVERYTHING!" ---- https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Sv8IHkBtBEXjSW7WktEYg4EbAUHtVyXIZBrAGD3WR5Y/preview?sle=true#slide=id.p summarized as: """ Many computer hackers in the relatively short history of hacking have exhibited behavior more reminiscent of drug addicts than regular criminals. The controlled, logical, and no-bigger-than-necessary compromise of systems appears to be the exception to the rule - more commonly, we seem to see an escalating spiral of computer compromise for the sake of computer compromise. Recent revelations seem to imply that the same dynamic not only applies to individuals, but to large organisations as well - the lure of 'hack more so you can hack more' appears to apply here, as well. This talk discusses why the structure of the modern internet (strongly connected trust graph with small number of super-connected nodes) makes hacking so fundamentally addictive for both individuals and organisations, and why this poses concrete risks for oversight mechanisms and legal frameworks. """ --- to underscore the point with recent evidence: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/07/us_navy_sysadmin_accused_of_hacking_220k_sailors_details/ "... Knight called himself a 'nuclear black hat' ..." --- hacker: know thyself, before ye blow thyself (up) _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list http://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/
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