[Noisebridge-discuss] Hacked.

[Al Billings]

The actual bug was a OS X IRC client issue (the IRC client that most  
people on Macs tend to run).

On Jun 17, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Davidfine wrote:

> Oh, wow, DCC SEND still works? That's annoying behavior, but not as  
> evil
> as I thought we were talking about. So yeah, that is a sign you should
> update your Norton Antivirus and/or Linksys/Netgear router firmware.
> http://www.hm2k.com/articles/startkeylogger
> --D
>
> aestetix aestetix wrote:
>> DCC SEND startkeylogger 000
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/17/09, Davidfine <d at vidfine.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Allow me toss some more shame on the shame heap:
>>> Noisebridge is home to many brilliant nerds who specialize in things
>>> other than computer security. We also welcome complete n00bz who  
>>> want to
>>> learn. Affiliating with NB is not the same as consenting to 24/7  
>>> war games.
>>>
>>> Mark all that apply:
>>> 1) you want them to dislike you
>>> 2) you are too lazy to run a test environment
>>> 3) you are starved for attention (see number 1)
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>> --D
>>>
>>> Jason Dusek wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Today I received a private message on IRC from Chris Abad
>>>>  (`aempirei` in `#noisebridge`). I'd heard a little bit about
>>>>  him and I thought it was odd that he was PM'ing me; because it
>>>>  was right before Haskell class I thought he might be asking
>>>>  about that.
>>>>
>>>>  Surprise. His private message was an exploit against my IRC
>>>>  client. It was the wrong time for me, though, as I was in the
>>>>  middle of talking over course material on `#haskell`.
>>>>
>>>>  I would like to believe this kind of thing is generally
>>>>  frowned on at Noisebridge; I have no pretensions of being a
>>>>  security professional and would not have joined if I felt that
>>>>  were a requirement. However, when I confronted him on
>>>>  `#noisebridge`, I was surprised to discover that no one else
>>>>  had anything to say about it.
>>>>
>>>>  I don't think open season on other people's time and energy is
>>>>  a good policy.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jason Dusek
>>>>
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