• DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    Crazy to think that the method of attack in the year 2000 was to email a script to someone and request them to open it.

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      10 hours ago

      tbf, social engineering still works. always has and always will when clueless end users are around.

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        3 hours ago

        I need you to pay your power bill with an apple gift card…

        Wtf, how do you fall for that, oh yeah be a drunk business owner…

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      9 hours ago

      My corp just sent everyone an email from a jshfgkejfue.fr email address.

      It said that the inbox was at 99% capacity and they needed to click this link to inspect the contents of their drive.

      Our company does HIPAA training annually and cyber security training quarterly.

      Folks still failed it.

      Humans gonna human. We are all just dumb apes that react when emotionally triggered.

      So this will always be a thing.