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Chris Monteiro

person:chris_monteiro Also: CHRIS

Cybersecurity professional who investigated darknet markets, Besa Mafia, and its exposed kill orders.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing USES Besa Mafia Explicit 156
outgoing USES URL parameter tampering Explicit 156
outgoing EXPLOITS insecure direct object reference Derived 156
outgoing USES cron job Explicit 156
outgoing USES web scraping Explicit 156
incoming DISCOVERED_BY insecure direct object reference Derived 156

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Chris Monteiro USES Besa Mafia

Chris registered on Besa Mafia, placed a test order, and investigated the site's functionality.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Chris Monteiro EP 156 Details

“I will register on the website and see how it works.”

Chris Monteiro · offsets 12275–12327

Chris Monteiro USES URL parameter tampering

Chris changed message identifiers in the URL to access other users' messages.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Chris Monteiro EP 156 Details

“I wonder if I change the message ID to something else; change it to 122. I got someone else’s messages.”

Chris Monteiro · offsets 13020–13123

Chris Monteiro EXPLOITS insecure direct object reference

Chris exploited an insecure direct object reference by changing an object identifier and retrieving other users' private messages.

Derived Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 156 Details

“One user should never be able to access another user’s private data such as private messages like this.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 13567–13670

“he just changed one number in the URL.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 13944–13982

insecure direct object reference DISCOVERED_BY Chris Monteiro

Chris discovered the access-control flaw while inspecting Besa Mafia message URLs.

Derived Confidence 98% · Chris Monteiro EP 156 Details

“I looked at my order for taking out Bob the Builder, and I looked at the address bar, and I saw that there was an ID in the address bar.”

Chris Monteiro · offsets 12801–12937

Chris Monteiro USES cron job

Chris used a cron job to pull down and process the site's administration data.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Chris Monteiro EP 156 Details

“I basically have a small cron job. I’m pulling them down fully as is.”

Chris Monteiro · offsets 28636–28705

Chris Monteiro USES web scraping

Chris scraped kill orders from the site, including in near-real time.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Carl Miller EP 156 Details

“He’s beginning to scrape these kill orders”