Ask HN: Are one (or more) warez release groups doing some even shadier $#17?
So I know this startup guy whom worked for Citrix, VMware and DoD DIA... he mentioned internal/external warezing had an unspoken gentleman's agreement. I'm just wondering if some of the keygen groups are either fronts, or more likely nosy, trojaning to track people in the warez scene. It sounds like a conspiracy theory, but I came across this 0day warez of VMware Fusion 11 that contacts a bunch of random maybe benign addresses like iana (why does a keygen need tzinfo?) and what might be a "beacon" server, seemingly owned by Verizon. Or do I need a referral to get some stronger meds? ;) The group supposedly behind this release is KG. I'm definitely not running this executable outside of a VM, no flippin' way. https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/046af020154ce116cc9f90989acbfe99e125218cfd0053ff549d34d500fc83a7/detection
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