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Google warns of novel social engineering method used to hack security researcher
- lothos 6y agoPretty clever attack. The attackers were able to install an in-memory backdoor on a fully patched Windows 10. I saw more than a couple researchers on my twitter that were affected.
- samizdis 6y agoArstechnica take on this story: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/01/north-korea-hackers-use-social-media-to-target-security-researchers/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/01/north...
- Akinato 6y agoThis is a pretty decent social engineering attack, I'm actually kind of impressed at the long-con set up. Shows that nearly anyone can be compromised merely through dedicated social engineering.