Hackers love it when you post pictures of your work environment

Hackers love it when you post pictures of your work environment! We are all proud of what we are doing and proud of the great companies we are working in. But by taking pictures of your work environment for LinkedIn or your career blog you are unintentionally disclosing information about your technical setup. This is not a critical vulnerability by itself but can be used by adversaries to prepare for further attacks or to create a well-designed pretext for social engineering.

 

Just by having a look at your LinkedIn posts and career blogs, attackers can gain a lot of information, like:

  • Operating systems,
  • Used software,
  • Appointments,
  • Email text,
  • Sticky notes on monitors,
  • User names,
  • Departments,
  • Remote connection names,
  • Infrastructure,
  • Badges.


Be careful next time you are posting pictures and blur everything that should not be disclosed. Easy way to waste a hacker’s time, open a full-screen screenshot of a random desktop from Google Image Search, before you take a photo.

 
 
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