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Practical and cheap cyberwar (cyber-warfare): Part II

Explore the world of cyber warfare and discover techniques for gathering information on human targets, including military personnel.

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Practical and cheap cyberwar (cyber-warfare): Part II
  • Many have Facebook accounts exposing to public the family and friend relations that could be targeted by attackers.
  • Most of them read and are probably subscribed to The Washington Post (makes sense, no?). This could be an interesting avenue for attacks such as phishing and watering hole attacks.
  • Many of them use orbitz.com, probably for car rentals. Hacking this site can give attackers a lot of information about how they move, when they travel, etc.
  • Many of them have accounts on google.com probably meaning they have Android devices (Smartphones, tablets, etc.).This could allow attackers to compromise the devices remotely (by email for instance) with known or 0days exploits since these devices are not usually patched and not very secure.
  • And last but not least, many of them including Generals use garmin.com or nikeplus.com. Those websites are related with GPS devices including running watches. These websites allow you to upload GPS information making them very valuable for attackers for tracking purposes. They could know on what area a person usually runs, travel, etc.

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