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B. Aggressive. B. E. Aggressive. (or "One 0day is enough")


From: dave <dave () immunityinc com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:09:40 -0400

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When you go into security consulting engagements with a new business
unit you usually face a few questions from the developers and business
owners. "What is it exactly that you're going to tell us?"

We always answer this the same way: "Things that will surprise you."

Most developers have read a lot about security these days - they
understand SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting, access control, not to
use their own cryptographics, and all sorts of other security truisms.

What they can't possibly understand is how a hacker's mind works, and
what they're likely to find. Even security specialists who have only
worked defence often have never really seen a hacker go.

Largely I think this is because there's a difference between someone
playing cards with chips and someone with their house and life on the
line. People say penetration testing is a model of an attacker. But how
do you model obsession?

- -dave
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