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Patents For Social Vulnerabilities: A Modest Proposal For Turning Criminals Into Consultants
July 12, 2024
Social engineering is the last unpatched vulnerability. While software bugs are tracked in CVE databases and patched via updates, human vulnerabilities are exploited in silence. A criminal discovers a new pretext—say, the "Urgent IT Security Update"—and uses it for years. The only way defenders learn about it is after…