The Best Exploits Are Boring

Everyone wants to find the flashy zero-day. The reality is different.

Most real-world compromises start with:

• A default password that was never changed.
• An S3 bucket left public.
• An admin panel exposed without auth.
• A service running as root for no reason.

The best exploits are boring because they work every time.

I stopped chasing complexity and started checking the basics first. The boring stuff gets you in faster than any CVE ever will.

Defenders - fix the boring stuff first. Attackers are counting on you not to.