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Daniel Kelley
USES
MITRE CVE program
Daniel reported vulnerabilities through MITRE's CVE program and sought publication of CVE identifiers after vendors patched the issues.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 117
Details
“One place he liked reporting bugs to was MITRE’s CVE program”
Daniel Kelley
USES
Skype Resolver
Daniel used the Skype Resolver to obtain another player's IP address before DDoSing him.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Daniel Kelley
EP 117
Details
“So, I had a booter and Skype Resolver, and I decided to test this theory”
Daniel Kelley
USES
VPN
Daniel used a VPN for another extortion operation and reused its Bitcoin address in the TalkTalk case, allowing investigators to link the offenses.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Daniel Kelley
EP 117
Details
“I had hacked and blackmailed another company without using Tor; I only used a VPN”
Skype Resolver
USES
Skype
The Skype Resolver used a Skype username and attempted to call the user to obtain their IP address.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 117
Details
“they created a little tool called the Skype Resolver, and with this little tool, all you had to do is enter someone’s Skype username”
Daniel Kelley
USES
responsible disclosure
Daniel reports that he spent two years responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities rather than exploiting or extorting companies.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Daniel Kelley
EP 117
Details
“I started engaging in responsible disclosure”
Daniel Kelley
USES
Google dorking
Daniel learned and used Google dorking to find potentially vulnerable websites.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 117
Details
“This is where he learned about Google dorking”
Gmail cookie-validation vulnerability
AFFECTS
Gmail
The cookie-validation vulnerability affected Gmail’s password-recovery process.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 118
Details
“One day, he found a bug in Gmail which let him reset anyone’s password”
GMX session manipulation vulnerability
AFFECTS
GMX
The session-manipulation vulnerability affected GMX’s account-reset process.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 118
Details
“This was a pretty serious vulnerability on GMX”
Verizon account-number disclosure vulnerability
AFFECTS
Verizon
The account-number disclosure vulnerability affected Verizon’s bill-payment website.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 118
Details
“Joseph found a page on Verizon’s website which lets you put in someone’s phone number to pay their bill”
Augur
ASSOCIATED_WITH
Ethereum
Joseph describes Augur as an Ethereum-based altcoin and an ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Joseph Harris
EP 118
Details
“Augur, which was the first ERC-20 token to be featured on the Ethereum blockchain”
Joseph Harris
ASSOCIATED_WITH
Lizard Squad
Joseph says he knew people in Lizard Squad and was contacted by one of its members for help accessing accounts.
Explicit
Confidence 94%
· Joseph Harris
EP 118
Details
“I knew some people that I’m not sure if you’ve heard of them; Lizard Squad”
Joseph Harris
EXPLOITS
Verizon account-number disclosure vulnerability
Joseph used a Verizon website flaw that disclosed account numbers to obtain the information needed to take over accounts.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Joseph Harris
EP 118
Details
“I find a JavaScript variable that has the account number just completely disclosed right there”
Joseph Harris
EXPLOITS
Gmail cookie-validation vulnerability
Joseph used fake cookies to make Gmail believe he had previously logged into a victim’s account, enabling password resets.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Joseph Harris
EP 118
Details
“I was able to get it so it would appear that way for any account”
Joseph Harris
EXPLOITS
GMX session manipulation vulnerability
Joseph used the GMX session-manipulation vulnerability to take over GMX accounts.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 118
Details
“he’d use this vulnerability, get into that person’s e-mail account”
Jack Rhysider
REFERENCES
Episode 112: Dirty Coms
Jack recommends Episode 112, “Dirty Coms,” as background on SIM-swapping.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 118
Details
“I did Episode 112. It’s called Dirty Coms”
Joseph Harris
TARGETS
Crowd Machine
Joseph shifted from targeting individual crypto holders to targeting Crowd Machine, a company holding cryptocurrency.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 118
Details
“Instead of targeting people with crypto, why not target companies that have crypto?”
Joseph Harris
USES
social engineering
Joseph says he began by socially engineering email providers and account owners.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Joseph Harris
EP 118
Details
“I started kind of as a social engineer”
Joseph Harris
USES
Monero
Joseph used Monero to launder stolen cryptocurrency and obscure its origin.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Joseph Harris
EP 118
Details
“I’d change the crypto to Monero”
Joseph Harris
USES
SIM swapping
Joseph learned and used SIM-swapping to take over phones and reset email passwords.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Joseph Harris
EP 118
Details
“I started dabbling with it”
“I’m getting a text directly to that phone in my hand”
Joseph Harris
USES
Google Drive
Joseph accessed Google Drive accounts to search for cryptocurrency wallet backups, seed phrases, and private keys.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 118
Details
“he would find ways into this and start looking around for interesting stuff there”
Joseph Harris
USES
LocalBitcoins
Joseph used LocalBitcoins to exchange stolen Bitcoin for PayPal funds.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 118
Details
“The way he would get the Bitcoin into his PayPal wallet was using LocalBitcoins”
Joseph Harris
USES
social engineering
Joseph used victims’ names and addresses to persuade email providers to reset passwords.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Joseph Harris
EP 118
Details
“all you need to know is someone’s name and address and you can completely take over their AOL account”
Joseph Harris
USES
Account takeover
Joseph took over victims’ email and gaming accounts in order to sell them.
Explicit
Confidence 98%
· Joseph Harris
EP 118
Details
“take the accounts and then sell them for money”
Joseph Harris
USES
MetaMask
Joseph used MetaMask to load a recovered passphrase and access a Crowd Machine wallet.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Joseph Harris
EP 118
Details
“I put that new numeric passphrase in MetaMask, it loads up the wallet”
Joseph Harris
USES
Credential stuffing and password mutation
Joseph searched breach data for passwords and tried common variants and site-specific mutations.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Joseph Harris
EP 118
Details
“I’m copying these passwords, I’m trying them with variants”