Agreed, it is very probably illegal to actually do so. This attack is purely theoretical and should only be attempted after obtaining competent legal counseling.
Myself, Matasano, and my other researches DO NOT endorse actually counter-hacking. But its certainly pretty awesome that you could On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 2:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:47:20 -0400, "Hertz, Jesse" said: > > > The cool thing about it is that if you are a net/sys admin, and you > notice > > one of your computers has been compromised, you can pwn the C+C server. > > > > these are exploits in the C+C server, not in the installed trojan. > > > > that's why its relevant. you can counterhack and pwn the person who pwned > > you. > > Strongly recommended that you retain competent legal counsel before > actually doing so. The legality of counterhacking is *highly* debated in > most jurisdictions. >
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