Hexagram 44: 姤

Something small and seemingly harmless wants access to your system. An expedient shortcut. A quick hack. A dependency that solves your immediate problem. It seems so convenient. Here's what this probably means: the danger isn't in the inferior thing itself—it's in your attitude toward it. The security vulnerability wasn't VBScript execution; it was the assumption that email attachments from familiar addresses were safe. The technical problem enabled the exploit, but the social engineering was the transmission vector. In your development: it's the npm package with weekly downloads in the low thousands that you install to save thirty minutes. It's the 'temporary' permission grant that never gets revoked. It's the logging that captures credentials 'just for debugging'. Each seems insignificant. Each is an intrusion point. The correct response isn't paranoia—it's vigilance. Check it immediately. Bronze brake means firm, immediate boundaries. Don't let it spread while you assess it. Containment first, evaluation second. That fish in the tank—keep it isolated from guests. Don't let it propagate to other systems until you understand exactly what it is and what it does. The moment you think 'it's probably fine'—that's the vulnerability. That's the click on ILOVEYOU.