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Really curious how this was discussed with the legal team... "We're releasing hacking tools to allow others to break into poorly secured computer systems...
by londons_explore 9mo ago
Really curious how this was discussed with the legal team...
"We're releasing hacking tools to allow others to break into poorly secured computer systems... But we are doing it with good intentions so it won't be illegal right??"
- nkrisc 9mo agoIsn’t this more or less a case of “illegal numbers”?
- rainonmoon 9mo agoYes. This is no more pernicious than releasing a multiplication table.
- kotaKat 9mo ago"Educational use only", just like every other skiddie tool you can freely grab on the Internet these days. (The bane of my existence thanks to everyone and their mother releasing ESP32 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/etc deauther 'tools'...)
- preisschild 9mo agoMaybe actually secure your network then :D 802.11w exists
- londons_explore 9mo agoDoesn't protect against an attacker who just sends RTS + CTS packets every 50 microseconds, preventing all other wifi devices from transmitting anything (inc beacons). As a bonus, even wireshark won't detect anything for debugging, because the RTS+CTS handshake typically can't be sent to the linux kernel+higher layers. An ESP32 is capable of doing that on all wifi channels 'simultaneously' (ie. round robin, but getting back to the start channel within the timeout), effectively blocking all wifi.
- darkamaul 9mo agoSecond this. I didn't expect Google (Mandiant) to release rainbow tables ever. Curious what changed internally to make that acceptable now.