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June 12th, 2002, 11:40 AM
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Junior Member
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June 12th, 2002, 12:07 PM
#2
I dont really see waht this has to do with security (apart from maybe check your computer for keyloggers and keep your password safe). and why did you start about you and your friends got into hacking and finish off buy saying your boss wanted you to stay? o must have missed a bit or your posts are even worse than mine.
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June 12th, 2002, 12:46 PM
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Nice story, And I see that you may be making a point about the emotional cost of some Cracking and the malicious use of those skills..
Now Was there a question in there that I missed.. ?
Cheers
"Consumer technology now exceeds the average persons ability to comprehend how to use it..give up hope of them being able to understand how it works." - Me http://www.cybercrypt.co.nr
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June 12th, 2002, 01:21 PM
#4
This is general chit chat, so its allowed.
Anyway, it probably wasn't a keystroke logger, considereing he is on your same network. There are a few different possibilites though.
1> He logged your keystrokes the first time you entered the password, when you signed up for the account..
2> He is running a screen capture program also, so every time you open the zip file and you password shows up in plain text, he gets a picture of it.
3> He is running a sniffer on the network somewhere. I don't use yahoo mail, so I don't know about any encryption being used for the login....
Anyway, you did make a very good point. Hacking/cracking/whatever you want to call it can be fun, but no one ever thinks about the people they are really hurting... You can say, wohoo, I just took down ebay, but I know people that make their living off of ebay.
\"Ignorance is bliss....
but only for your enemy\"
-- souleman
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June 12th, 2002, 01:42 PM
#5
Junior Member
You´re right again, souleman.
But I think that first they started "playing", then the thing got "too far".
Those things happen... it´s the same that when you start to date with a guy, maybe he thinks you are easy... and things can get a little under control.
But let's relax. Real h4><ors now where it´s too much.
I mean, it´s okay a little fun, but enough is enough.
sweetie, I think you did the correct thing by telling your boss.
I he had been a real hacker, you wouldn´t have even noticed
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June 12th, 2002, 04:04 PM
#6
I he had been a real hacker, you wouldn´t have even noticed
not always true...in fact i am indebted to a hacker by the name of valkyrie who many years ago...left a note on one of the desktops here at work which basically said...hey your fly is open...thought you'd like to know...well...it was frightening....and a hell of a shock but it was what started my interest in security...
I used to be With IT. But then they changed what IT was. Now what I'm with isn't IT, and what's IT seems scary and weird." - Abe Simpson
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June 12th, 2002, 04:19 PM
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June 12th, 2002, 04:35 PM
#8
zigar> Your shirt is buttoned sideways
\"Ignorance is bliss....
but only for your enemy\"
-- souleman
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June 12th, 2002, 10:10 PM
#9
Senior Member
Wouldn't it have been more of a wise idea to encrypt the file on the floppy with your pwd on it, instead of zipping it? It is much easier to crack open a zip file than it is to crack a properly encrypted file, sometimes impossible. Anyways, if you kept the disk with you at all times I suppose it wouldn't really matter...
pranKster
\"Why is the bomb always gettin\' the last word?\" - Will Smith - Lost & Found (2005)
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June 12th, 2002, 10:18 PM
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Originally posted here by zigar
not always true...in fact i am indebted to a hacker by the name of valkyrie who many years ago...left a note on one of the desktops here at work which basically said...hey your fly is open...thought you'd like to know...well...it was frightening....and a hell of a shock but it was what started my interest in security...
Something like that happened to me also. It was more like a friend, who was quite a bit more experienced with computers than i was at the time (1998) had me play a nice little game called. Whackamole. To say the least, after i found out it was him, i delved into computer security to make sure it never happened again. Which it hasn't.
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