full-disclosure - Hacker suspect says his PC was hijacked

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

From: gui at goddessmoon.org (Poof)
Subject: Hacker suspect says his PC was hijacked

Well... Tell me where honeypotting goes if that happens?

*cry*

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com [mailto:full-disclosure-
> admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of Steve Wray
> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 02:15
> To: Full-Disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Hacker suspect says his PC was hijacked
> 
> Will "Knowingly allowing a computer under your control
> to remain in an exploitable state" become a crime?
> (if it isn't already...)
> 
> I am in two minds on whether it should or should not
> :(
> 
> 
> > [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of
> > Paul Tinsley
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/10/10/hijacked.hacker.re
> > ut/index.html
> >
> > "Caffrey is accused of triggering the paralyzing data blast
> > on a vital
> > computer server used to coordinate ship movements in the
> > Houston port --
> > the sixth biggest shipping port in the world"
> >
> > Ok, so somebody explain to me why in the world this "vital computer
> > server" is on a public network?
> >
> > "He said his machine may have been taken over by another
> > individual or
> > group who then set the digital onslaught in motion. 'My computer was
> > completely and utterly vulnerable to many exploits'"
> >
> > If anybody needed more ammo to convince people that patching is
> > important this might be a good one to add to the stack, whether he is
> > lying or not I sure wouldn't want to try and defend that position...
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
> Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html