16DON’T BE AN ACCESSORY
Malicious actors have a lot of places to hide on the internet. Hackers routinely impersonate other people and use compromised servers to evade detection. This chapter explores various ways that your web presence may be helping attackers get away with malicious acts, even when you aren’t the target of their attacks.
Making sure you aren’t being an accessory will win you good internet citizen points. More practically, if hackers are using your system as a jumping-off point for attacking others, you will quickly find your domain and IP addresses getting blacklisted from key services, and you may even end up being cut off by ...
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