Jeff, Mistakes happen, and while your choice of action would be the right thing in most cases, I'd recommend erring on the side of caution here. Several instances of Security Pros or Hobbyists bringing vulnerabilities or security breaches to the attention of the affected parties have been in the news lately. The common result has been criminal investigations, charges and lawsuits. For example, the guy who showed a state office their wireless network was vulnerable right in front of staff and ended up arrested for hacking. The way I understand it, you can be investigated and charged for just scanning a network, and as you say, you were able to 'own' these servers. Best advice, talk to a lawyer. ----- Original Message ----- From: <RMcElroyat_private> To: <webprozeat_private>; <pen-testat_private> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 2:49 PM Subject: RE: Pen Test mistake ERASE ALL LOGS AND RUN FOREST RUN....:) -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Johnson [mailto:webprozeat_private] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 9:48 PM To: pen-testat_private Subject: Pen Test mistake Let's just say, for theoretical purposes, that you were contracted to perform a penetration test on a company. After receiving the IP range from the company, you begin the test. You're well into the test and find several vulnerable servers, which you promptly own six ways from Sunday. Then a co-worker wanders into your company's lab and looks over your shoulder and advises you that the hosts that you're owning are a single digit in the subnet off from the hosts you're supposed to be attacking. Example, I've owned 192.168.10.35, when in actuality I was supposed to be owning 192.168.11.35. How do you handle this situation? My vote is to contact the owners of the site, advise them honestly of the mistake, offer assistance (free of charge of course) in correcting the security problem you used to own them, and walk away a bit the wiser. Anyone else have any better advice? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training Federal, September 29-30 (Training), October 1-2 (Briefings) in Tysons Corner, VA; the world<92>s premier technical IT security event. Modeled after the famous Black Hat event in Las Vegas! 6 tracks, 12 training sessions, top speakers and sponsors. Symanetc is the Diamond sponsor. Early-bird registration ends September 6 Visit: www.blackhat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training Federal, September 29-30 (Training), October 1-2 (Briefings) in Tysons Corner, VA; the world<92>s premier technical IT security event. Modeled after the famous Black Hat event in Las Vegas! 6 tracks, 12 training sessions, top speakers and sponsors. Symanetc is the Diamond sponsor. Early-bird registration ends September 6 Visit: www.blackhat.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training Federal, September 29-30 (Training), October 1-2 (Briefings) in Tysons Corner, VA; the world<92>s premier technical IT security event. Modeled after the famous Black Hat event in Las Vegas! 6 tracks, 12 training sessions, top speakers and sponsors. Symanetc is the Diamond sponsor. Early-bird registration ends September 6 Visit: www.blackhat.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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