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I never understood why vulnerability reporting was a social practice. The reason for that is because I see computer hacking in this particular context (breaking
by mettamage 7y ago
I never understood why vulnerability reporting was a social practice. The reason for that is because I see computer hacking in this particular context (breaking into computers or reversing binaries and cracking them) more or less equivalent to breaking into something physical, be it opening a box or breaking into a home.
But people don't go up to my home and say how they can break in. Nor do people go to companies and say "listen, if I go in here as some repair guy with a walky talky, security will let me right in! And then I switched into an office suit and talked to Janet at accounting, and she gave me your private financials by simply asking her. Train your reception and train Janet."
I understand that you want to keep open source software safe, because everyone is using it. So by helping it to be more secure, that's a win. But why isn't the same happening with companies in a physical sense? The public interacts with them.
Or are there 'vulnerability reports' (or whatever you call them) on those things? Then they're simply not posted here.
- will_pseudonym 7y agoThey do do that, if I understand correctly. Penetration testing handles the physical security of the company. [DEFCON 19: Steal Everything, Kill Everyone, Cause Total Financial Ruin! ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsVtHqICeKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsVtHqICeKE) Social Engineering [Hacking the Wetware: Compromising Companies with Social Engineering](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vujs9un-8no https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vujs9un-8no)
- mettamage 7y agoHmm... interesting, I'm going to check that. Thanks!
- machiaweliczny 7y agoPhysical tests are done as well (phishing, social engineering)
- mettamage 7y agoWhat about vulnerabilities for exploding buildings, breaking in, pretending to be someone in the company, extortion or taking someone hostage? The perspective I'm taking is the criminal one, not the cyber criminal one.