watering_hole_attacks
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| ====== Watering Hole Attacks ====== | ====== Watering Hole Attacks ====== | ||
| instead of attacking the target directly, the malicious actor may go through a third party, like a food vendor that they order from or something. Then, from their interactions with that trusted vendor, they gain access to the systems they originally targetted | instead of attacking the target directly, the malicious actor may go through a third party, like a food vendor that they order from or something. Then, from their interactions with that trusted vendor, they gain access to the systems they originally targetted | ||
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| + | sometimes, to keep the attack hidden, they will only target a specific type of visitor to the infected website, like people from government addresses. | ||
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