Disclosing too much...

F-Secure's blog has today an entry entitled "Advanced tools to handle stolen information". That blog entry deals with an information stealing trojan which sends all collected data to a central drop site. They also have some screenshots and this is were things get messy: using the information from the screenshot, it is trivial to find information about other victims. Within a couple of minutes I could find personal data of about 100 other victims. This information includes, amongst other, the following entries:
  • system info: user, processor, operation system, memory, IP address, disc information, folders, process list, installed programs, ...
  • ICQ 2003a & Lite passwords
  • dialup passwords
  • passwords from Windows protected storage
  • Wand & email Opera passwords

Perhaps it is better to handle such information more carefully and not publish too much. FX wrote about this topic some time ago in the Sabre Lablog: "Irresponsible Disclosure"

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  1. pheh says:

    Well speaking as someone who discovered that site before F-Secure posted their write-up ... I agree.

    There was absolutely no need for them to define site specific details when giving readers a walk through of the 'hows and whats'.

    If it weren't for the fact that the vast majority of infected computers at that particular LDPinch dump are located in Russia - I would expect more outrage. But as it stands I have no doubt they will take no real legal or reputation hit.

    pheh
    http://www.shadowserver.org


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