4 ms·

The additional features this tool brings (port enumeration, list usb devices, system info), makes me thing the tool was not designed for good/ethical reasons, b

The additional features this tool brings (port enumeration, list usb devices, system info), makes me thing the tool was not designed for good/ethical reasons, but to ease the life of infostealers that are usually distributed via Discord.

Fokamul 2y ago
[flagged]
- 0points 2y ago
  In the grown up world where people can hold a respectful discussion, there's a difference between being able to use stock code in your malware and distributing ready-to-be-used code.
- brnt 2y ago
  You are aware that satellite guided surface to air missile systems are not a mere git clone away? There are good reasons for controlling weapons, while still letting everybody be free to study them.
  - notachatbot123 2y ago
    No one is talking about a satellite guided surface to air missile system.
    - brnt 2y ago
      A weapon is a weapon.
      - rf15 2y ago
        We outlawed sticks because sticks can be used to press the red "do not press" button
        relaxing 2y ago
        Congratulations, we’ve mapped the space of possible harm from mild discomfort to death.
  - amenhotep 2y ago
    What's the idea behind a satellite guided surface to air missile system? The ground station detects the target with radar, derives a set of GPS coordinates for an intercept, transmits those coordinates to the missile, and the missile guides itself to them via GPS receiver? Seems suboptimal.
    - relaxing 2y ago
      Something like that. It’s really only useful when you have to intercept at really long distances, as in ballistic missile defense.
- lupusreal 2y ago
  Professionals can assemble their own tools. Why package it up all nice for the skiddies?
kuschku 2y ago
It's not even done well. Say you're building a feature for a password manager to import passwords from firefox. You'd want the the firefox decryption functions to be available as library. Or say you're building a tool to extract data from broken hard drives, partially recovered filesystems, etc. Again, you'd want to have this available as a library so you can import the functions you need and use them in your own tooling. Normally you'd expect this package to primarily export a lib with a "cli" subfolder that provides a sample CLI tool that imports the lib. The fact that this tool requires libusb which is solely needed for the useless list usb devices functionality is extremely sketchy. It makes using this tool legitimately harder and only helps attackers.

Fokamul 2y ago

[flagged]

0points 2y ago
In the grown up world where people can hold a respectful discussion, there's a difference between being able to use stock code in your malware and distributing ready-to-be-used code.
brnt 2y ago
You are aware that satellite guided surface to air missile systems are not a mere git clone away? There are good reasons for controlling weapons, while still letting everybody be free to study them.
- notachatbot123 2y ago
  No one is talking about a satellite guided surface to air missile system.
  - brnt 2y ago
    A weapon is a weapon.
    - rf15 2y ago
      We outlawed sticks because sticks can be used to press the red "do not press" button
      - relaxing 2y ago
        Congratulations, we’ve mapped the space of possible harm from mild discomfort to death.
- amenhotep 2y ago
  What's the idea behind a satellite guided surface to air missile system? The ground station detects the target with radar, derives a set of GPS coordinates for an intercept, transmits those coordinates to the missile, and the missile guides itself to them via GPS receiver? Seems suboptimal.
  - relaxing 2y ago
    Something like that. It’s really only useful when you have to intercept at really long distances, as in ballistic missile defense.
lupusreal 2y ago
Professionals can assemble their own tools. Why package it up all nice for the skiddies?

kuschku 2y ago

It's not even done well. Say you're building a feature for a password manager to import passwords from firefox. You'd want the the firefox decryption functions to be available as library. Or say you're building a tool to extract data from broken hard drives, partially recovered filesystems, etc. Again, you'd want to have this available as a library so you can import the functions you need and use them in your own tooling. Normally you'd expect this package to primarily export a lib with a "cli" subfolder that provides a sample CLI tool that imports the lib. The fact that this tool requires libusb which is solely needed for the useless list usb devices functionality is extremely sketchy. It makes using this tool legitimately harder and only helps attackers.