Zero Day_ A Novel - Mark Russinovich [51]
He opened his IRC chat client, then entered the h@xx0rd chat room. Six hackers were signed in and listed along the right pane of the window. A few of the names he’d heard of here and there—just script kiddies. A few were chatting, but often some who were signed in just sat and watched. Some of the names might be IRC bots, programs that monitored chat, which was no surprise, especially since the chat thread was about Internet security. That was the principal subject of the hackers who spent a lot of time there.
Ulysses:
prblm is that when I try t close bdcli100.exe it crashes casng server t crash :\ tried in 2 box’s now
Saintie:
you could close bdcli only using exit command in top shell there
Ulysses:
thanx ☺
Saintie:
hxdef is simple, dOOd, u hve t configure your inifile and run .exe file, that’s it but u shld know many rootkits are working on NT kernel only if u just download hxdf archive in download section, unpack it to some directory and run main exefile it should disappear from your explorer or whatever u use t manage your files, that’s the correct functionality, so try it and see where it works or not
Xhugo:
Thanks for all the sweet information here. I am looking for information on detecting rootkits. Pointers welcome … Read the SecurityFocus articles, but want more … ☺ know!
A detailed description of rootkits and the means for implanting and detecting them followed. It was nothing new to Vladimir. The chat turned to computer security.
Xhugo:
Don’t be a fool! They can’t fix all the holes … there is always a way …
Dante:
Its not open like it used to be but at least any h@ck3r wntng to pwn the inet …
Xhugo:
They’re all scum … beneath me … they cause trouble and it just closes down t openness net should have.… If it wasn’t for all these cr33ps there’d be no need t tighten down the hatches.
Saintie:
They’re destroying it, dOOd … can’t you see?… are u people stupid!… the webs just another way t make money … that’s what its all about … it’s about filthy lucre … they deserve what they get, and I give them plenty, believe me …
Xhugo:
j3rkov and sp@ts got shut down … they gt taken in by a hunnypot … the server looked wide open … looked like a financial server too.
Dante:
yeah, they’re stupid shits too!… I told them … I heard they go p0wnd … they were able to trace them down … how dumb is that?
Pere:
ouch! Not the way it used to be … that’s for sure … you can’t get into certain sites … not anymore … the time you could guess at passwords and user names is over … secure firewalls and patched systems everywhere … I’m working harder at this all the time …
Superphreak:
Don’t be such idiots … course you have to work at it … u thnk they’re going t just gv it away?… nothings really secure, nothing will ever be secure … u can gt into anything if u want t and spend the time … u can steal money, turn systems off, turn systems on … only thing different is not everyone can do it anymore … newbieZ R out of game …
Vladimir took a drag on his cigarette, glanced up at his poster of a bare-chested Rick James with dreadlocks, then continued typing.
And there’s people who pay for it … pay very well. Anyone know Dragon Lady?
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
9:51 P.M.
George Carlton retired to his den, splashed brandy into a snifter, and took a sip. At his leather easy chair he removed a Dominican corona cigar from the humidor, cut the tip, then lit it with a lighter that emitted a blue-and-gold flame like a miniature blowtorch. Setting the lighter down, he pulled on the cigar, then took a longer sip of the brandy.
Carlton and his wife, Emily, lived northwest of Alexandria, Virginia, some two miles from the