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Ok you might want to watch this short documentary. Your fun 'pirated' games and software with 'better support' might cost you dearly when your daughter or your

Ok you might want to watch this short documentary. Your fun 'pirated' games and software with 'better support' might cost you dearly when your daughter or your girlfriend/wife gets filmed by a hacker, using your own webcam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFS3p0emftw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFS3p0emftw - "Security awareness: Filmmaker explores RAT malware, buys access to random PCs for just 15 cents a piece - made short film about his experience" Movies and other media files that don't run any scripts are ok if you're careful and know what you're doing, but installing pirated software is an invitation to get blackmailed and extored by darknet hackers.

bananamerica 7y ago
I do not pirate anything anymore, but I have covered my webcam with tape for many years. I also don't have a daughter, but I am Brazilian. Just adding a data point.
- thulecitizen 7y ago
  It's not just about webcams or recording your microphone. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
  - bananamerica 7y ago
    I use a desktop nowadays. So no input whatsoever, unless I explicitly buy it and plug it.
    - thulecitizen 7y ago
      Your keyboard is an input device. That is what I am talking about. I am saying that with a Remote Access Trojan, they can do much more than access your mic or webcam. "What is a RAT (remote access Trojan)? A remote access Trojan (RAT) is a malware program that includes a back door for administrative control over the target computer. RATs are usually downloaded invisibly with a user-requested program -- such as a game -- or sent as an email attachment. Once the host system is compromised, the intruder may use it to distribute RATs to other vulnerable computers and establish a botnet. Because a RAT enables administrative control, it makes it possible for the intruder to do just about anything on the targeted computer, including: - Deleting, downloading or altering files and file systems. - Monitoring user behavior through keyloggers or other spyware. - Accessing confidential information, such as credit card and social security numbers. - Taking screenshots. - Distributing viruses and other malware. - Formatting drives." Source: https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/RAT-remote-access-Trojan https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/RAT-remote-...
      - bananamerica 7y ago
        As long as I'm online, I'm sure any well-informed techie could, at any point, show me how my computer usage is insecure. At some point, I must stop securing stuff and start working. I'm just a regular user running Debian with firewall enabled on a desktop machine. That's enough for me. I won't use the internet via email like Richard Stallman.
rapnie 7y ago
"This video contains content from VPRO BROADCAST, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds." The video is unpirated in The Netherlands (VPRO is Dutch too).
- thulecitizen 7y ago
  Yep. So if you're in the Netherlands, click here: https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/3lab/rats-en-slaves https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/3lab/rats-en-slaves For some reason they blocked it in the Netherlands. But if you're trying to watch it from outside of the Netherlands, it works great. I tried with a VPN.
- vor0nwe 7y ago
  You can watch the Dutch version on the VPRO's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGsw_l0tT10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGsw_l0tT10
Accujack 7y ago
The Adwind Remote Access Trojan typically spreads by phishing e-mails. Which is why you shouldn't believe everything you read. By the way, this last sentence: >Movies and other media files that don't run any scripts are ok if you're careful and know what you're doing, but installing pirated software is an invitation to get blackmailed and extored by darknet hackers. Is entirely wrong. If you're worried about malware, you already know that it can come via video files as well as binary programs. The rest of what you wrote is just spreading fear for notoriety's sake. Pirated software isn't an "invitation" to anything provided you have good anti-malware defenses and good security practices.
- thulecitizen 7y ago
  Dangerous for Windows maybe? Most cracked OS X apps make you disable Gatekeeper or System Integry Protection. Game over. So yes, to me that is an invititation.
  - htfu 7y ago
    Any examples of something that requires disabling SIP in cracked version and not original? Never heard of it, sounds implausible but then I'm hardly up to speed. Like I get swapping dylibs, but not why that'd be best done by poking around in /System rather than the binary.
    - OzilsAssistant 7y ago
      Had a cracked copy of binding of isaac reborn that reuired disabling SIP once, dunno if that was a thing for the legal copy though
    - thulecitizen 7y ago
      Both 'appked' and 'macbed' websites have guides for disabling both Gatekeepr and SIP (now they are derivative websites because the domains keep getting banned/confiscated): macappdownload dot com slash fix-damaged-app-message macappdownload dot com slash how-to-disable-system-integrity-protection-in-macos These guides are all over their websites, especially at the download stage, where there is a short list of 'download instructions' with a link to these guides. A while back I read someone saying that these websites are owned by a Russian hacker network. Touch at your own risk.

bananamerica 7y ago

I do not pirate anything anymore, but I have covered my webcam with tape for many years. I also don't have a daughter, but I am Brazilian. Just adding a data point.

thulecitizen 7y ago
It's not just about webcams or recording your microphone. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
- bananamerica 7y ago
  I use a desktop nowadays. So no input whatsoever, unless I explicitly buy it and plug it.
  - thulecitizen 7y ago
    Your keyboard is an input device. That is what I am talking about. I am saying that with a Remote Access Trojan, they can do much more than access your mic or webcam. "What is a RAT (remote access Trojan)? A remote access Trojan (RAT) is a malware program that includes a back door for administrative control over the target computer. RATs are usually downloaded invisibly with a user-requested program -- such as a game -- or sent as an email attachment. Once the host system is compromised, the intruder may use it to distribute RATs to other vulnerable computers and establish a botnet. Because a RAT enables administrative control, it makes it possible for the intruder to do just about anything on the targeted computer, including: - Deleting, downloading or altering files and file systems. - Monitoring user behavior through keyloggers or other spyware. - Accessing confidential information, such as credit card and social security numbers. - Taking screenshots. - Distributing viruses and other malware. - Formatting drives." Source: https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/RAT-remote-access-Trojan https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/RAT-remote-...
    - bananamerica 7y ago
      As long as I'm online, I'm sure any well-informed techie could, at any point, show me how my computer usage is insecure. At some point, I must stop securing stuff and start working. I'm just a regular user running Debian with firewall enabled on a desktop machine. That's enough for me. I won't use the internet via email like Richard Stallman.

rapnie 7y ago

"This video contains content from VPRO BROADCAST, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds." The video is unpirated in The Netherlands (VPRO is Dutch too).

thulecitizen 7y ago
Yep. So if you're in the Netherlands, click here: https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/3lab/rats-en-slaves https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/3lab/rats-en-slaves For some reason they blocked it in the Netherlands. But if you're trying to watch it from outside of the Netherlands, it works great. I tried with a VPN.
vor0nwe 7y ago
You can watch the Dutch version on the VPRO's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGsw_l0tT10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGsw_l0tT10

Accujack 7y ago

The Adwind Remote Access Trojan typically spreads by phishing e-mails. Which is why you shouldn't believe everything you read. By the way, this last sentence: >Movies and other media files that don't run any scripts are ok if you're careful and know what you're doing, but installing pirated software is an invitation to get blackmailed and extored by darknet hackers. Is entirely wrong. If you're worried about malware, you already know that it can come via video files as well as binary programs. The rest of what you wrote is just spreading fear for notoriety's sake. Pirated software isn't an "invitation" to anything provided you have good anti-malware defenses and good security practices.

thulecitizen 7y ago
Dangerous for Windows maybe? Most cracked OS X apps make you disable Gatekeeper or System Integry Protection. Game over. So yes, to me that is an invititation.
- htfu 7y ago
  Any examples of something that requires disabling SIP in cracked version and not original? Never heard of it, sounds implausible but then I'm hardly up to speed. Like I get swapping dylibs, but not why that'd be best done by poking around in /System rather than the binary.
  - OzilsAssistant 7y ago
    Had a cracked copy of binding of isaac reborn that reuired disabling SIP once, dunno if that was a thing for the legal copy though
  - thulecitizen 7y ago
    Both 'appked' and 'macbed' websites have guides for disabling both Gatekeepr and SIP (now they are derivative websites because the domains keep getting banned/confiscated): macappdownload dot com slash fix-damaged-app-message macappdownload dot com slash how-to-disable-system-integrity-protection-in-macos These guides are all over their websites, especially at the download stage, where there is a short list of 'download instructions' with a link to these guides. A while back I read someone saying that these websites are owned by a Russian hacker network. Touch at your own risk.