decensus

In your experience, how many instances can you recall where an exploit could truly be attributed to technical genius?

I keep feeling like every major "hack" that makes the news boils down to crap implementation/administration of solutions, click happy users, or a simple social con that should have been caught. Maybe I'm jaded or naive since I'm (sadly) on the audit and assessment side, but the "anywhere, anytime" style of hacking everyone talks about seems surprisingly rare. (or maybe since I can't hack for shit, I'm just in denial and jealous of you all haha)

I think my professional morale needed that counter question, more than an answer to my own. I appreciate the quick response and perspective!