by Heath Gieson Some attacks are sophisticated. Weeks of reconnaissance, carefully crafted messages, and quiet exploitation in the background. But plenty of real-world incidents begin with something far simpler: a device answering traffic it never needed to accept in the first place. A server that was “only temporarily” exposed. A laptop that was reachable because a setting changed during an install. A remote access tool that worked perfectly until it became the easiest way in. That is...















