Jack Recider

To me, this right here is the quintessential Darknet Diaries story because of where I found it. I went to DEFCON, and I was invited to the Microsoft party, and I sat down at a table to chat with people, and that's where I met Evilmog. And he was there telling us the story, and I was so captivated by it that it made me cry.

To me, this right here is the quintessential Darknet Diaries story because of where I found it. I went to DEFCON, and I was invited to the Microsoft party, and I sat down at a table to chat with people, and that's where I met Evilmog. And he was there telling us the story, and I was so captivated by it that it made me cry.

And my goodness, to be at some DEFCON party and to hear a story so moving that it makes me cry, that's one reason I started this show. I imagined in my head while I was listening to Eva Long tell me that story that I saw you across the room and I was like, psst, over here, you gotta hear this story.

And my goodness, to be at some DEFCON party and to hear a story so moving that it makes me cry, that's one reason I started this show. I imagined in my head while I was listening to Eva Long tell me that story that I saw you across the room and I was like, psst, over here, you gotta hear this story.

And I brought you in to eavesdrop on these inner circles to hear the untold stories that are only shared in intimate and private spaces that are all over the hacker culture but are hard to find. I love these chance encounters. It's like finding a hidden path in a familiar landscape. I hope stories like this fill you with the same great feeling I get when I hear them in person.

And I brought you in to eavesdrop on these inner circles to hear the untold stories that are only shared in intimate and private spaces that are all over the hacker culture but are hard to find. I love these chance encounters. It's like finding a hidden path in a familiar landscape. I hope stories like this fill you with the same great feeling I get when I hear them in person.

I have such a fun job. I'm so grateful. Okay, we're going to take an ad break here, but stay with us because we have a new guest to tell us a new story after the break. This episode is sponsored by Exonius. Complexity is inevitable in IT and security, and it's increasing. Exonius is here to help you control it.

I have such a fun job. I'm so grateful. Okay, we're going to take an ad break here, but stay with us because we have a new guest to tell us a new story after the break. This episode is sponsored by Exonius. Complexity is inevitable in IT and security, and it's increasing. Exonius is here to help you control it.

As a system of record for all digital infrastructure, the Exonius platform correlates asset data from existing tools to provide an always up-to-date inventory, uncover security gaps, and automate response actions. Go to Exonius.com slash Darknet to learn more and get a demo. That's Exonius, spelled A-X-O-N-I-U-S. Exonius.com slash Darknet.

As a system of record for all digital infrastructure, the Exonius platform correlates asset data from existing tools to provide an always up-to-date inventory, uncover security gaps, and automate response actions. Go to Exonius.com slash Darknet to learn more and get a demo. That's Exonius, spelled A-X-O-N-I-U-S. Exonius.com slash Darknet.

All right, so let's start out with who are you and what do you do?

All right, so let's start out with who are you and what do you do?

So that's what I did there. Okay. Responder is a pretty clever hacking tool. It's free to get. It's just a Python program. And how you use it is you just start it and wait. Now, the thing about Windows computers is that they always want to try to join a domain and connect to shared drives on the network.

So that's what I did there. Okay. Responder is a pretty clever hacking tool. It's free to get. It's just a Python program. And how you use it is you just start it and wait. Now, the thing about Windows computers is that they always want to try to join a domain and connect to shared drives on the network.

And so if a Windows machine wants to connect to a shared drive, it will try to get to that host directly. And if it's there, it'll connect to it just fine or whatever. But what does the Windows computer do if it can't find the shared drive that it's trying to connect to? Well, it wants to connect to it very badly, and it will try another way.

And so if a Windows machine wants to connect to a shared drive, it will try to get to that host directly. And if it's there, it'll connect to it just fine or whatever. But what does the Windows computer do if it can't find the shared drive that it's trying to connect to? Well, it wants to connect to it very badly, and it will try another way.

It might ask the DNS server, hey, do you know the IP address for the server I'm trying to get to? And the DNS server might be like, yeah, I got that. Here's the IP right here. And then the computer might be like, that's the same IP I have, and I already checked. That one's not online.

It might ask the DNS server, hey, do you know the IP address for the server I'm trying to get to? And the DNS server might be like, yeah, I got that. Here's the IP right here. And then the computer might be like, that's the same IP I have, and I already checked. That one's not online.

So then if the Windows machine still can't find that shared drive that it really wants to connect to, it then sends a broadcast message to all the computers on the local subnet saying, hey, I'm looking for this shared drive. If any of you are it, please respond. And that's when Responder springs into action. It sneakily says, why, yes, I'm that shared drive you're looking for. That's me.

So then if the Windows machine still can't find that shared drive that it really wants to connect to, it then sends a broadcast message to all the computers on the local subnet saying, hey, I'm looking for this shared drive. If any of you are it, please respond. And that's when Responder springs into action. It sneakily says, why, yes, I'm that shared drive you're looking for. That's me.