SomeoneE1se Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I have no idea of you care or not, but http://www.usbhacks.com seems to have stolen all of the work the Hak.5 community had done on the Switchblade and Hacksaw with only one link to the wiki and no credit to the makers. [edited for stupidity (aka spelling)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 My DNS server doesn't resolve that domain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 he typo'd the url: http://www.usbhacks.com/ It doesn't really claim ownership to the hacks though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveMan Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 he doesn't claim ownership, but he should state he didn't make them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 I wouldn't worry about it. Seems he's been listing USB hacks for a while, and simply ran across the switchblade and hacksaw. Both contain links back, and while the Switchblade one is a bit light on crediting Hak.5 the Hacksaw one clearly states it was developed by Hak.5 & Co. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveMan Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 http://usbhacks.com/contact you can contact him there if u wish he does state clearly that hak5 made the haksaw, but he should do the same with the switchblade, but thats just my preferance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 There was NO crediting to Hak5 at all for either when i first looked at it.. I'm more then happy to let him have it as long as he says who created the original work witch he now does so it's all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellmark Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I've already contacted him about it, and he sent me back this long reply, stating for people just doing black hat script kiddy stuff he doesnt feel like they should be credited, plus the Hak.5 projects are based off others works, and since the wiki only shows the nicknames of people who worked on it, and being so many people... blah blah blah, that he didn't put them up. Still didn't explain why he didnt do that for the other, non hak.5 related ones, plus his excuses were kinda lame. I mean, just say "these people are working on it, their website is here" or something. The other funny part was in the second half of the email, he starts kinda ripping into me, asking "What was my stake in it? why do I care?" and if I was seeking attention. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Yeah I found this website in our referrer logs about a week ago. First off, the information wants to be free. ;) Second, anything on our wiki is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license. That means the contents can be used for noncommercial purposes as long as attribution (credit) is given, and that any derivitives are licensed under an identical license. Seeing as the copy (text) was not ripped word for word it's not a violation of the license. For example: The USB Hacksaw uses a modified version of USB Dumper that once installed on a system will run a process in the background whenever that computer starts, waiting for a USB thumb drive to be installed. This hack is based on a modified version of USBDumper. Once installed on a targert machine it will stay resident and wait for a USB flash drive to be inserted. Honestly he's a better wordsmith than me. And the site has only been around for this month, and interestingly is hosted at dreamhost. This doesn't surprise me, nor upset me. You see, the good borrow (modified version of USBDumper anyone?) while the great steal. Remember that application "Pandomax" that was a complete rip of the Pandora's Jar app still in development over in the Projects board? It even came with a Hak5 skin! So really I guess it doesn't matter. The goal of showing these types of hacks on the show is to bring awareness to these attack vectors and if this site helps that cause all the better. And the little links back always help in ye olde google index and hits/viewers, etc. PS: Dudeski, if you're reading, I'm digging the logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usbhacks Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Um yeah, usbhacks.com is my site. No it was not my intention to take credit for the project...not quite sure where the hell that came from (as I mentioned to Keith in his love letter to me). The sites goal is to just list various USB hacking tools out there, with a stronger focus on awareness and mitigation than anything else. It was originally started just for me and some internal folks I work with and friends, but someone else got a hold of it and posted it on some hacker sites and I got flooded with traffic, which is cool. I mention Hak5 on the site and will probably add a link when I get around to it, you guys have done some great work bringing the various tools together. I don't mean to be an ass, but getting emails from folks like Keith who actually has not contributed anything to the project with accusations like I stole the whole project is a a bit annoying. Yes I sent back a long reply explaining things a bit, but I see it didn't do much good, some people you can't talk to, they just need to get laid. Akuma Kigen :twisted: Thanks glad you like the logo. Keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLSS Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 k but u also have some of the versions on dl could u at least ad a linkback to teh respective wiki of those ? and maby even the creaters of that one ? do u keep em up to date ? cos some of em do get adjusted .... u mentioned ...The application also finds browser history (for both IE and Firefox) including autofill information.. but the firefox part only counts for DLSS's (me) , RenegadeTech's and Spektormax's Payload. and im not completely sure if those are in ure dl part . and its not mentioned that ure dl able version wont get these ... why aint mine in the dl's :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted October 22, 2006 Author Share Posted October 22, 2006 /me wonders who Keith is When i first saw USBHacks.com there was no links to the creators and the files were hosted on your site.. so it looked to me as if you were trying to take credit... upon further review I don't think that was your intention however I do think you should add credit to the creators of each payload and the POC to Hak5 (and to I think MaxDamage who came up with the idea first but I may be wrong about that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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