Comments on: Eve Online: Client Code Compromised; CCP Claims “Not a Security Risk” http://news.filefront.com/eve-online-client-code-compromised-ccp-claims-not-a-security-risk/ News for Gamers Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:36:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Joe Griffin http://news.filefront.com/eve-online-client-code-compromised-ccp-claims-not-a-security-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-129020 Joe Griffin Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:46:38 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/eve-online-client-code-compromised-ccp-claims-not-a-security-risk/#comment-129020 Or... someone could use it to do good. Like, maybe writing a better browser, a more advanced calculator, a plugin that lets you change your skill training from remote... I could se this as a very good thing! Or… someone could use it to do good. Like, maybe writing a better browser, a more advanced calculator, a plugin that lets you change your skill training from remote… I could se this as a very good thing!

]]> By: Shawn Sines http://news.filefront.com/eve-online-client-code-compromised-ccp-claims-not-a-security-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-125480 Shawn Sines Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:55:42 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/eve-online-client-code-compromised-ccp-claims-not-a-security-risk/#comment-125480 Upon second thought, actually it also means they could write plug-ins to do exactly that erathoniel. Then share it via the warez circuit and next thing you know the universe is full of keylogging/spamming users of the corrupted client. I still think it unlikely but its possible. Its far easier just to use social engineering to get accounts and do those things than it is to customize the client to do your dirty work. Upon second thought, actually it also means they could write plug-ins to do exactly that erathoniel. Then share it via the warez circuit and next thing you know the universe is full of keylogging/spamming users of the corrupted client.

I still think it unlikely but its possible. Its far easier just to use social engineering to get accounts and do those things than it is to customize the client to do your dirty work.

]]> By: erathoniel http://news.filefront.com/eve-online-client-code-compromised-ccp-claims-not-a-security-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-125345 erathoniel Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:01:16 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/eve-online-client-code-compromised-ccp-claims-not-a-security-risk/#comment-125345 They could, but only if someone was dumb enough to download a custom client. They could, but only if someone was dumb enough to download a custom client.

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