Novice Computer Hacking Kits Found On eBay

The Guardian has a story about hacking kits for dummies novices. When I had a poke around the site I wasn’t able to find the kits but, I did find someone trying to sell backtrack CDs. For those who may be unaware, the backtrack CD is available as a free download. You can get the backtrack iso file here.

Now, from the Guardian:

One CD – claiming to be on sale “for educational use only” – promises details of how to access other people’s computers and contains a selection of programs commonly used for hacking. It is available through the site for £5.99.

Many of the programs form the basic building blocks for computer crime, allowing even inexperienced hackers to find ways to get inside their victims’ computers, or of masking their identities.

Although such tools are often downloaded for free or sold on the black market, such trade usually happens in remote corners of the internet.

“This is a serious development,” said Geoff Sweeney of the security company Tier-3, which spotted the auctions. “It basically puts high level hacking tools … into the hands of almost any internet user.”

A serious what? C’mon. If this was a real threat these kits would be available to anyone for free.

Oh wait, they are. Google anyone?

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Posted by Dave Lewis on September 20, 2007. Filed under Hacker. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry