Last weekend, I found myself applying data science in an unexpected setting: a baby shower. The host announced what seemed like a simple party game - guessing the circumference of the mother-to-be’s baby bump. What made this particularly interesting was that I could see everyone else’s guesses on a decorated board, transforming a simple estimation game into a fascinating exercise in probability theory and strategic decision-making.
In this blog entry, we discuss a social engineering attack that tricked the victim into installing a remote access tool, triggering DarkGate malware activities and an attempted C&C connection.