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Israeli Mossad launches cyber challenge

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Re: Israeli Mossad launches cyber challenge

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In case you didn't want to wait for the slow-typing to load the entire message: "Welcome Agent. A team of field operatives is currently on-site in enemy territory, working to retrieve intel on an imminent terrorist attack. The intel is contained in a safe, the plans for which are available to authorized clients via an app [0]. Our client ID is d09ff4ec651c48f89f7f7aa19160bd55 Your mission is to retrieve those plans,…

Are they seriously expecting people to sideload a mossad apk on their phones?

Of course not, it would be prohibitively difficult to deconstruct the apk from the phone itself.

Re: Israeli Mossad launches cyber challenge

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Oh, come on. You have to have an old phone lying around to factory reset for shits and giggles. Not like they'd burn good zero days on a publicity stunt. Remember, this thing'll be getting picked apart by everybody considering the source. Unless you're afraid of getting black bagged that i...

You don't need a 0-day when the target installs for you.

Re: Israeli Mossad launches cyber challenge

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are they seriously expecting people to sideload a mossad apk on their phones?

I couldn't even get to refusing to trust an apk because their message doesn't render if you have a JS whitelisting extension such as NoScript.

It's all in the page source, though.

Re: Israeli Mossad launches cyber challenge

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In case you didn't want to wait for the slow-typing to load the entire message: "Welcome Agent. A team of field operatives is currently on-site in enemy territory, working to retrieve intel on an imminent terrorist attack. The intel is contained in a safe, the plans for which are available to authorized clients via an app [0]. Our client ID is d09ff4ec651c48f89f7f7aa19160bd55 Your mission is to retrieve those plans,…

Are they seriously expecting people to sideload a mossad apk on their phones?

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