HBGary INC's secret rootkit project: “MAGENTA”

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Post by Gianteye » Mon, Feb 14, 2011, 3:44 PM UTC

HBGary INC's secret rootkit project: “MAGENTA”
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Re: HBGary INC's secret rootkit project: “MAGENTA”

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Post by eli » Mon, Feb 14, 2011, 5:43 PM UTC

I guess that's interesting, but it isn't too surprising that some software security firms have pitched a rootkit product at some point in their past.

It's a fact that the FBI has used spyware to catch bad guys: http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/07/fbi_spyware

Re: HBGary INC's secret rootkit project: “MAGENTA”

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Post by Gianteye » Mon, Feb 14, 2011, 7:29 PM UTC

eli wrote: post #2

I guess that's interesting, but it isn't too surprising that some software security firms have pitched a rootkit product at some point in their past. It's a fact that the FBI has used spyware to catch bad guys: http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/07/fbi_spyware

It's completely news to me, but I don't have strong ties to the infosec world. This could be standard practice as far as I know.

Is it usual to find analysis/info traders doing this brand of malicious software injection? Are a portion of active worms and rootkits used today derivations of tools built by infosec companies?