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Story: How to Hack passwords using a USBTotal Replies: 13
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arochester

Jan 06, 2010
12:41 PM EST 		This USB has .bat files. The link says "This hack works on Windows 2000, XP and Vista."

Not really Linux.
pmpatrick

Jan 06, 2010
1:34 PM EST 		Seriously, why is this article here? It's basically a script kiddy hack of windows to get user passwords for email, IM , etc, when you have physical access to the hacked box.
number6x

Jan 06, 2010
1:40 PM EST 		It is here so you can show it to your windows using friends...

We don't need FUD to promote Linux. The facts speak for themselves.

Also some of the hacks involve Windows versions of popular open source software. Since they are open source someone should be able to develop a fix.
Microbiologist

Jan 06, 2010
1:54 PM EST 		I bet all those files are trojans.
jhansonxi

Jan 06, 2010
2:14 PM EST 		Probably not cross-platform trojans either.
tuxchick

Jan 06, 2010
2:15 PM EST 		Doggone it, when will malware writers adhere to standards, I'm tired of Linux being treated as second-class.
softwarejanitor

Jan 06, 2010
2:47 PM EST 		Unfortunately, the vulnerabilities in password storage for Firefox for example are probably cross platform...
Sander_Marechal

Jan 06, 2010
2:51 PM EST 		softwarejanitor: Only partly. On Linux you'd only get the passwords of the user that runs the malware. All other users are safe because their profiles are in their own home directory and thus not readable.
softwarejanitor

Jan 06, 2010
3:46 PM EST 		@Sander_Marechal That is true, and obviously an advantage of a *nix like environment over Windows... but it would be better if people didn't save their passwords in browsers and other unsafe practices to begin with...
Steven_Rosenber

Jan 06, 2010
6:22 PM EST 		Tinfoil hats !!!
Sander_Marechal

Jan 07, 2010
2:14 AM EST 		@softwarejanitor: Well, here's an idea. Develop a Firefox plugin that makes it store passwords in the standard Linux keyring instead of it's own store.
krisum

Jan 07, 2010
10:36 AM EST 		@sander, https://addons.mozilla.org/ca/firefox/addon/8737
Sander_Marechal

Jan 08, 2010
3:26 AM EST 		Krisum: Great, thanks for that link!
hkwint

Jan 08, 2010
4:15 PM EST 		And for K:

https://addons.mozilla.org/ca/firefox/addon/49357

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