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rickdeckard01/18/20252 repliesview on HN

If you think some curious spare-time white-hat hackers are the main cause of most security problems, you grossly underestimate the size and skillset of the black-hat hacking industry, and the unlimited profit-potential available in that field...


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jdietrich01/18/2025

You can just buy a malicious USB cable, complete with a suite of payloads - from a US company, no less.

https://hak5.org/products/omg-cable

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tjoff01/18/2025

And here I thought the main cause of most security problems was stressed developers on rushed projects where noone cares about security.