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what does the name mean (“Living Off the Land”)? i expected some homesteading tools or something — does the phrase have some history in the security world?
by colinsane 4y ago
what does the name mean (“Living Off the Land”)? i expected some homesteading tools or something — does the phrase have some history in the security world?
- ghostpepper 4y agoIt means essentially that. The alternative is an attacker bringing/installing their own tools post-compromise. Living off the land is more stealthy because you’re using legitimate system tools to do malicious activities
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- jabroni_salad 4y agoLOTL means that the adversary is using tools already present on that computer instead of trying to download even more malware. This strategy is popular because not writing any files makes you immune to filescanners.
- teeray 4y agoI honestly thought this was going to be a forum for big rig truckers that also hunted and trapped their own food or something.
- tmtvl 4y agoI was also expecting something like survivalists who live in their pickup truck or something.
- defrost 4y agoI figured HN had discovered indigenous bush mechanics. Anybody living off the land should know how to replace a blown tire with a wired in hard wood tree branch skid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Mechanics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Mechanics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDeHI3fOlzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDeHI3fOlzo