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Some time in early 2000s I was following FXP boards and playing with scanning open ports on IP ranges. Remote-Anything was quite a common way to gain access to
by arnvald 5y ago
Some time in early 2000s I was following FXP boards and playing with scanning open ports on IP ranges.
Remote-Anything was quite a common way to gain access to someone's computer and turn it into a pubstro.
A lot of people back then were running Windows XP without any password, which meant RA could be used by anyone to connect to their computer and do anything there (for example playing solitaire or displaying "Hello, I am your computer and I just gain conciousness" alert).
I believe a lot of people didn't even know they had RA installed on their computers and running there. It was a nightmare from security standpoint.
- shantnutiwari 5y agoYeah, I can't remember if it was RA or another tool, but some remote admin tools in the late 90s/early 2000s were too easy to install and ended up being used by phishers/scammers; so much so that in the wider context they were seen as hacking tools even though they had valid use cases. I dont know what the solution is-- have some sort of registration / valid credit card check? (yes, I know that introduces friction and some people will just leave)
- bsagdiyev 5y agoI remember Dameware being one of these. I have the same history as parent poster, used to do that whole scanning and turning hosts in to pubstros. Edu and NTT hosts were like gold for us.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoWere in you the Scene? How did you hide your warez from the machine owners?
- p_l 5y agoPretty sure I've seen "RAT" end up being general term for some types of malware due to that.
- johnmaguire 5y agoRAT stands for Remote Access Tool.
- da_chicken 5y agoOr Remote Administration Tool.
- AlexAndScripts 5y agoOr Remote Access Trojan.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoWhich FXP boards?