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> This leads to an outsized focus on the latest sexy vulnerabilities (e.g. CPU speculative execution vulnerabilities) and fetishes for things like firewalls.

sounds like a fantastic plot for an anime. i can even see firewall san in my head :)

seriously though, maybe phishing and malware are common because firewalls are working?



Phishing is so popular because the meat sack behind the screen is usually the least secure part of the system.

Unless you are running vulnerable unpatched or unprotected services, attacking people is usually easier than attacking systems.


> Phishing is so popular because the meat sack behind the screen is usually the least secure part of the system.

am i saying something different in my comment?




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