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The people who run these scams build them around evergreen money-extraction strategies; buying a 0day just to hack some people they could already socially-engin
by derefr 3y ago
The people who run these scams build them around evergreen money-extraction strategies; buying a 0day just to hack some people they could already socially-engineer their way into the pockets of anyway, would just be a waste of money. Especially since the 0day would only be useful for a couple of days/weeks, and they don't have the in-house technical talent to automate any of what they're doing to run it faster.
- mschuster91 3y ago> buying a 0day just to hack some people they could already socially-engineer their way into the pockets of anyway, would just be a waste of money. At least back in the day when Flash was still a thing, it was a common issue for "enterprising" people to buy advertising slots, even on reputable media, and spread all kinds of malware via them.
- derefr 3y agoYes, but those are separate groups with separate capabilities and motives. Scammers are not hackers, though both can and will steal your money.
- TylerE 3y agoA huge part of this is target selection. They don’t want to waste time with anyone who isn’t going to buy it whole hog.