tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380090535689098808.post6589687299123327655..comments2021-04-20T08:48:17.528+02:00Comments on WabiSabiLabi's blog: When vendors get nutsAlberto Pelizzarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11592677596102976009noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380090535689098808.post-64091244483246826142007-07-18T01:40:00.000+02:002007-07-18T01:40:00.000+02:00we think (and we hope) that it's just some metropo...we think (and we hope) that it's just some metropolitan legendWabiSabiLabi Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778313136570580445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380090535689098808.post-14326195286204005462007-07-17T04:34:00.000+02:002007-07-17T04:34:00.000+02:00great......ur point of vier is appluasible & full ...great......ur point of vier is appluasible & full of courage....I have also heard about this....how business makes crazy the people...........i think anti virus comapny is actually liable for virus creating sometimes....Muardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10646486597797886920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380090535689098808.post-55406248020828631722007-07-13T19:38:00.000+02:002007-07-13T19:38:00.000+02:00Greetings,Heh... Thanks Kelly G, but I'm not sure...Greetings,<BR/>Heh... Thanks Kelly G, but I'm not sure what for, and whether I deserve it! :)<BR/><BR/>I've responded, specifically to the 'shareholder' line, here:<BR/>http://www.vixen.com/blog/2007/07/13/34<BR/><BR/>I've been out of the business for over a decade, but I <I>always</I> wished it wasn't a necessary field.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the management thought/thinks differently, because it's just money to them, but the nearly all the line employees would have been very happy if all viruses had stopped. Sure, finding another job's a pain, but the world would have been a slightly better place.<BR/><BR/>As for 'researchers' who write viruses...bleh.<BR/><BR/>It never paid the bills at McAfee Associates. It was the real viruses, Stoned, Brain, Jerusalem, Disk Killer, and Michelangelo viruses that destroyed people's data, slowed their computers down, and basically made users lives hell, that 'paid the bills', for us to find them, and remove them. To try to help folks.<BR/><BR/>Nobody I know who worked at McAfee Associates from when I joined on, wrote even a 'concept' virus while employed there. I understand one employee pre-my tenure had (a Friday the 13th type), but when I joined (at around 8 employees), they were no longer with the company. (They were with Norton, in fact. ;) )<BR/><BR/>I whole heartedly approve of security research, but 'Vinoo' is right; when they're submitted to AV companies, it's usually far more about chest-thumping than anything else.<BR/><BR/>And if someone's going to 'sell their research to the criminal market' in the first place, they're just criminals, not researchers, and deserve the finger they get.<BR/><BR/>-- MorganCyberfoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12024810886344408516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380090535689098808.post-25032892259611681052007-07-11T11:14:00.000+02:002007-07-11T11:14:00.000+02:00Ever heard about multiple vulnerabilites?If you ar...Ever heard about multiple vulnerabilites?<BR/><BR/>If you are concerned about us collecting your ID for "theft purposes" (where is the sense in that?), we respect your concerns and we welcome you not to use our marketplace.<BR/><BR/>And no, our parent company is not from Italy, we are a Swiss legal entityWabiSabiLabi Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778313136570580445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380090535689098808.post-76295796571672736482007-07-09T17:12:00.000+02:002007-07-09T17:12:00.000+02:00I don't know what's funnier: the fact they put up ...I don't know what's funnier: the fact they put up a FOUR-YEAR-OLD BUG for sale, or the fact there's already one bid on it.<BR/><BR/>"Squirrelmail GPG Plugin Command Execution"<BR/><BR/>Google-fu tells us this "bug" is from 2003, in SquirrelMail 1.4.2. If your ISP is still using this version, unpatched at that, SWITCH.<BR/><BR/>"MKPortal SQL injection Vulnerability" has been reported by Security Focus, but is being reported as "unproven", and listed as being first "found" on this site. No bids on the auction, though.<BR/><BR/>Wasabi Labs: Scaring stupid end-lusers witless, and collecting their identities for theft purposes, one "auction" at a time. No coincidence the parent company's from ITALY.<BR/><BR/>Grow a clue-by-four people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380090535689098808.post-19829323290976518812007-07-07T08:49:00.000+02:002007-07-07T08:49:00.000+02:00Hello,Although it is pronounced "MACK-uh-fee,...Hello,<BR/><BR/>Although it is pronounced "MACK-uh-fee," the correct spelling of the security vendor's name is <EM>McAfee</EM>. You may wish to correct this in your posting.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/> <BR/>Aryeh GoretskyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380090535689098808.post-56961391966465795962007-07-07T07:27:00.000+02:002007-07-07T07:27:00.000+02:00Hi all, Kelly G from Homebase and john mcafees...Hi all,<BR/> Kelly G from Homebase and john mcafees old tech cofounder(no I never made any money from McAfee)(ie I used to help manage the homebase virus collection along with patty hoffman and Aryeh Goretsky(chief moderator) AND I used to test johns products against my own internally generated and non released lab viruses..<BR/><BR/>the hyposcrisy illustrated by Mcafee NOT accepting "research" malware is indeed astonishing considering it paid the bills for us all(except me) in the early days(shoutouts to Morgan Schweers, DUDE!!)<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/> kelly G from HOMEBASEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380090535689098808.post-87378155950379266982007-06-13T12:50:00.000+02:002007-06-13T12:50:00.000+02:00Cool analysis, guys! Vendors are not only getting ...Cool analysis, guys! Vendors are not only getting nuts, they seems to be blind and deaf!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com