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Hacking human gullibility with social penetration
We don't need no stinking exploits
Security penetration testers Mike Bailey and Mike Murray rely plenty on attacks that exploit weaknesses in websites and servers, but their approach is better summed up by the famous phrase "There's a sucker born every minute".…
Zombie tactics threaten to poison honeypots
Hive minds vs bot herders
Innovations in botnet technology threaten the usefulness of honeypots, one of the main ways to study how bot herders control networks of zombie PCs.…
Scareware scams ride the back of killer whale tragedy
Black hats pee in the pool again
Supposed footage of Wednesday's fatal Sea World killer whale attack in Florida actually points at sites distributing scareware.…