10-14-2013, 09:53 PM
Sup fellow SLers!
Just a quick discussion thread today with a tinge of philosophical and moral influence. My question, in a nutshell, is why do you RAT? Why do you fire up Blackshades and spend hours getting servers encrypted and making fake videos to spread the trojan?
Do you do it for money? Not likely, since it's difficult extorting installees through the typical RAT client. Hacking accounts like RuneScape or WOW? More plausible: I guess there is some money doing that.
Or maybe it's just a satisfaction thing? Do you do it for the thrill? Do you just like to have power over someone?
When I think of offensive security or 'hacking', I think of going after a specific target. Not just anyone who downloaded and ran my server. These people mean nothing to me.
Why do you RAT/keylog/etc?
Just a quick discussion thread today with a tinge of philosophical and moral influence. My question, in a nutshell, is why do you RAT? Why do you fire up Blackshades and spend hours getting servers encrypted and making fake videos to spread the trojan?
Do you do it for money? Not likely, since it's difficult extorting installees through the typical RAT client. Hacking accounts like RuneScape or WOW? More plausible: I guess there is some money doing that.
Or maybe it's just a satisfaction thing? Do you do it for the thrill? Do you just like to have power over someone?
When I think of offensive security or 'hacking', I think of going after a specific target. Not just anyone who downloaded and ran my server. These people mean nothing to me.
Why do you RAT/keylog/etc?