As Gord, Rothütle, and Jack are talking, a CVE jumps off a tree and attacks Gord.
"The Architect told me everything about you," Jack says.
"You're an innovator yourself. The Architect is oil to innovation's engine."
"I have seen what is your Architect capable of," Rothütle says, facing Jack.
"He's dangerous. Who can conjure such things?" he says, pointing at the CVE.
Jack smirks. "That's the cue for me to take the keys."
Then he sprints toward her, but Rothütle steps in front of him, raising his shield.
Gord is still fighting the CVE. Rothütle hits Jack's arm with the shield.
Gord sees her chance and slashes the CVE with her sword. It dissolves into mist.
Then Rothütle hits Jack again, this time knocking the axe from his hand.
Jack is distracted, trying to retrieve his weapon. Gord steps forward and points her sword at his throat.
"This ends now, Jack," she says. "Perhaps you should join your Architect friend."
Jack glares at her, "This is not over yet."
"Where is YAML?" Rothütle asks, looking around...
Tip of the day: Attacks rarely come alone. Breaches succeed when multiple weaknesses are exploited at once.
Security Tip #22 — Chained Attacks
Jack doesn't win by strength.
He wins by timing, coordination, and exploiting multiple weaknesses at once.
This mirrors real-world attacks:
- Chain known CVEs with privilege escalation exploits.
- Use social engineering, perhaps, to gain more access.
- Exploit misconfigurations alongside software vulnerabilities.
Defensive takeaways:
- Assume attacks are composed and multi-faceted.
- Implement defense in depth: multiple layers of security controls.
- Correlate signals across systems to detect complex attack patterns.
Winning the fight isn't stopping one attacker — it's preventing the chain.
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