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Hacker Archetypes - D&D Classes (www.gosecure.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Sparkega to c/cybersecurity

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Researchers analyzed 190 million hacking events on a honeynet and categorized the types of hackers into Dungeons and Dragons classses.

Rangers evaluate the system and set conditions for a follow-on attack.

Thieves install cryptominers and other profiteering software.

Barbarians attempt to brute force their way into adjacent systems.

Wizards connect the newly compromised system to a previous to establish 'portals' to tunnel through to obscure their identity.

Bards have no apparent hacking skill and likely purchase or otherwise acquire access. They perform basic computer tasks.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting read! And the way they use DnD classes is very fun to me. They did the bard dirty though haha.

[–] InfiniteStruggle 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, considering a bard is OP in certain situations, and often a great buff to any group. I think they should have likened a bard to social engineering experts or people that associate with hackers and help them with less hacking oriented tasks. Like a startup incubator except for black hats.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah that is a good one. Though I don't know if there is another class that would have fit their category better