Now that my company got purchased by a big cybersecurity company we work with a bunch of hacker fighters. From what I understand they've kinda gamified threat hunting so it becomes an adrenaline thrill ride of sorts. Unfortunately in my experience (as a leader of tech support teams) shutting down automations to prevent hackers usually results in a mountain of manual work for support sadly.
I have to admit, a lot of the pro cybersecurity guys i have worked with are a bit douchebro-ish, so i tend to avoid them. They're exactly like Eugene "The Plague" from Hackers. On the other hand, i can kinda get how they end up that way, because the few times when working in smaller companies i have had the chance to dip my toe in the water, it does make you feel kind of cool. (I mean, insofar as watching logfiles, locking out users and adding heuristics to automate the locking out is "cool".) There is a lizard brain appeal to outsmarting your opponent, i think, which perhaps can turn you into a bit of a smug asshat when that's your whole job
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I think social engineering is underrated as a threat. A lot of high profile "hacks" do tend to be inside jobs, or kind people unwittingly opening the door for a con artist.
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Now that my company got purchased by a big cybersecurity company we work with a bunch of hacker fighters. From what I understand they've kinda gamified threat hunting so it becomes an adrenaline thrill ride of sorts. Unfortunately in my experience (as a leader of tech support teams) shutting down automations to prevent hackers usually results in a mountain of manual work for support sadly.
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but i enjoyed reading it
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I would enjoy this sort of thing!
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Most awesome!
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