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bspammer ◴[] No.44501795[source]
It's unexpected to me that someone with the technical knowhow to build spyware like this and a nice web interface for it, made basic mistakes like storing passwords in plaintext and piping unescaped user input into database queries.
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1. ethan_smith ◴[] No.44507272[source]
Malware developers often prioritize functionality and speed-to-market over security hygiene, operating under the "security through obscurity" fallacy that nobody will bother attacking their infrastructure.