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usually these affiliates do the actual hacking themselves. They simply outsource the payload development. They aren't necessarily script kiddies. Outsourcing yo
by rocqua 5y ago
usually these affiliates do the actual hacking themselves. They simply outsource the payload development.
They aren't necessarily script kiddies. Outsourcing your non-core work is just efficient. It's good business.
That this model is breaking is good news! It means that the efficiencies that trust allows are eroding in the ecosystem.
- jokethrowaway 5y agoThey could just be buying exploits. I can't imagine professionals capable of hacking useful targets having problems writing a script that encrypts some files with a public key and needs a private key to be unlocked.
- ninjanomnom 5y agoLike with most things it's not as simple as it looks from the outside. Malware payloads need to exist undetected by whatever system they've been deployed to which by itself is an ever changing cat and mouse game that requires a different knowledge set than simply gaining access to said system. If you have a second computer you're willing to accidentally mess up and require a wipe + reinstall, I recommend you experiment a bit and try writing your own malware or playing with some open source variations floating around. It can teach a lot to see from the attacker's perspective.
- alisonkisk 5y ago"script kiddie" is just a slur for "outsourcing".