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At 2:37 in the video, the "special software" that allegedly showed that the computers had been hacked is a tcpdump revealing nothing but pings and DNS PTR queri

by agwa 13y ago

At 2:37 in the video, the "special software" that allegedly showed that the computers had been hacked is a tcpdump revealing nothing but pings and DNS PTR queries.

jamesbritt 13y ago
This is like a 60 Minutes report on "hacking" where a guy from Symantec ran Windows Task Manager for a credulous Leslie Stahl and postured about how all that activity could be viruses.
- sdegutis 13y ago
  Reminds me of VB GUI IP tracking[1] and double keyboarding[2]. [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU [2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8qgehH3kEQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8qgehH3kEQ
  - josteink 13y ago
    Double keyboarding? That's certainly new to me. Not sure I think HN should be a place to post memes like this all the time, but still: thanks for posting.
    - sp332 13y ago
      The double keyboarding was a joke by the writers of the show. Unfortunately, I think the VB GUI was supposed to be serious.
  - fuzzix 13y ago
    > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8qgehH3kEQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8qgehH3kEQ So this is what the pair programming experience is like! I like to imagine the next scene is the two >1000 hacksaws explaining ssh, remote X and basic Cisco admin to the yank-happy cord monster. Ever been on IRC? It's exciting stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rGTXHvPCQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rGTXHvPCQ
    - dzhiurgis 13y ago
      Not to forget classic coding scene from Swordfish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmR3wIBJZbk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmR3wIBJZbk
  - notdonspaulding 13y ago
    Reminded me of NextGenHacker101's Tracer-T instructional video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmv8quf_xM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmv8quf_xM
  - cgman 13y ago
    I LOL'ED SO HARD! ROFL
mindslight 13y ago
To Google. And the DNS traffic is most likely from the ping or tcpdump itself. But actually, one of his closing remarks is unintentionally helpful: "The best way to protect yourself ... if you don't really need a device, don't bring it" [lest it get stolen by US customs as you're returning home].

by agwa 13y ago

At 2:37 in the video, the "special software" that allegedly showed that the computers had been hacked is a tcpdump revealing nothing but pings and DNS PTR queries.

jamesbritt 13y ago

This is like a 60 Minutes report on "hacking" where a guy from Symantec ran Windows Task Manager for a credulous Leslie Stahl and postured about how all that activity could be viruses.

sdegutis 13y ago
Reminds me of VB GUI IP tracking[1] and double keyboarding[2]. [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU [2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8qgehH3kEQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8qgehH3kEQ
- josteink 13y ago
  Double keyboarding? That's certainly new to me. Not sure I think HN should be a place to post memes like this all the time, but still: thanks for posting.
  - sp332 13y ago
    The double keyboarding was a joke by the writers of the show. Unfortunately, I think the VB GUI was supposed to be serious.
- fuzzix 13y ago
  > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8qgehH3kEQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8qgehH3kEQ So this is what the pair programming experience is like! I like to imagine the next scene is the two >1000 hacksaws explaining ssh, remote X and basic Cisco admin to the yank-happy cord monster. Ever been on IRC? It's exciting stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rGTXHvPCQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rGTXHvPCQ
  - dzhiurgis 13y ago
    Not to forget classic coding scene from Swordfish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmR3wIBJZbk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmR3wIBJZbk
- notdonspaulding 13y ago
  Reminded me of NextGenHacker101's Tracer-T instructional video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmv8quf_xM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmv8quf_xM
- cgman 13y ago
  I LOL'ED SO HARD! ROFL

mindslight 13y ago

To Google. And the DNS traffic is most likely from the ping or tcpdump itself. But actually, one of his closing remarks is unintentionally helpful: "The best way to protect yourself ... if you don't really need a device, don't bring it" [lest it get stolen by US customs as you're returning home].