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Would You Tell People How To Crack Your Software?

Posted by Soulskill on from the best-defense-is-a-terrible-defense dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Fed up with piracy and the availability of cracked versions of his software, Cobalt Strike developer Raphael Mudge wrote a blog post telling people how to crack his software. Some gifts are poisoned, and Raphael goes into deep detail about how to backdoor his software and use it to distribute malware. Will this increase piracy of his software, or will it discourage would-be pirates from downloading cracked versions?"

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  1. Tongue in cheek by amicusNYCL · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are also several .sl files. These are Sleep files. Sleep is a simple scripting language I’ve worked on since 2002. I write in Sleep because I’m very efficient with it.

    For the aspiring cracker, Sleep is a welcome sight. Its files do not ship in a compiled form. They’re available as plaintext inside of the application archive. A plaintext file requires a special tool, called a text editor, to change its content. I recommend notepad.exe or pico. Linux hackers may use WINE to run notepad.exe. Type:

    wine notepad.exe

    Well done, sir.

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  2. He's clearly joking around... by Assmasher · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and laughing at the technically clueless who think he's being serious.

    Well done by the way.

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