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  1. #41

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    Quote Originally Posted by Dojjan
    After all the "get an authenticator and your account will be safe" I've seen on the forums, I can only laugh and say it's well deserved.
    Thousands of bugs can get you at any time... One or two can get me, and they have to do it in a seconds long window.
    Let's play.

  2. #42

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    What about typing the authenticator code, than waiting to the last few seconds of its valid
    and then pressing enter ?
    Should be much harder todo anything with this code in it's valid time...
    Maybe Blizz adds somekind of 'traffic light' to their authenticator hard/software that indicates with
    a green light when using your key is most safe.

  3. #43

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    The Tabard look's awesome, kind of reference to the Silver Hand leaded by Uther before he dies.
    Maiev (PVP) ¶Qc¶i'¶RepresenT¶

  4. #44

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    man-in-the-middle-attack

    Also known as a replay attack.

    I just learned about this in Cisco. Basically it means that the network that Blizzard/AT&T uses to run WoW on doesn't have their WAN connections secured, or at least not completely secured. This is usually remedied with authentication (pap, chap) being configured between routing devices within their network. Without authentcation/encryption measures in place, a hacker can intercept network traffic and modify it so that the receiving device will send information back to the hacker.

    I'm just going for my vanilla CCNA, so that's all that was covered in the text.

    I wouldn't be surprised if this was an inside job.

    Now I see why my teacher said that CCNA Security certs are in high-demand. Without a doubt, the CCNA security goes in-depth with stuff like this.

  5. #45

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    Funny, unless i'm mistaken, the only place you can talk to darion(For the mount) would be in ebon hold? He might be in ICC, but if I remember, he's not with the rest of the lore characters at the entrance. Does this mean that the deathchargers are still Death Knight only?

  6. #46

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    Quote Originally Posted by Frozenbeef
    People who don't use an authenticator because they are 100% safe without one are idiots
    How so?

    Is there even one pro-authenticator individual who's smart enough to grasp how herculean of a task it would be to produce and ship 11,5 million authenticators all over the world? Or that only about 1 million WoW players have smartphones?

    Even if they shipped in Cataclysm boxes, the bulk (75%) of WoW accounts were purcharsed digitally. There simply will never be enough authenticators for all the players in the game for the next 2 years.

    Might as well learn how to keep your computer safe now, which is a skill you'll undoubtedly need long after you stop playing the game, than having little devices hold your hand all the way through life.

    Give a man a fish...

  7. #47

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    What does it mean exactly?
    • Get a decent anti-virus, buy an authenticator, you'll be safe. Or get a mac.

  8. #48
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    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    The thing with the authenticator hack though is that the person on the other end has to be constantly watching their computers for someone attempting to log in with an authenticator, then they get like 30 seconds to use your authenticator code.

    The odds of this happening can be quite high but nowhere near as high as you being hacked without an authenticator.

    It still increases your safety at login.

    Just remember to do regular virus scans and grab something like SpyBot and scan on a regular basis with that as well.

    It is ENTIRELY possible to get a trojan/keylogger without your even knowing. You don't always have to click something for it to install as don't forget, hackers are almost always one step ahead of any circumventions made.

  9. #49

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    Quote Originally Posted by Seriousdoom
    wow, people are really trying hard on taking over WoW accounts.
    WoW people really do buy alot of gold.
    "Those who dance appear insane to those who can't hear the music." ~~ George Carlin


  10. #50

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    I could be mistaken, but isn't the Lament of the Highborne the song that Sylvanas sings for us when you turn in this quest? http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9180

  11. #51

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    This is more of a network attack since the hacker had to hack into AT&T's WoW network to get the account info. Some folks are unfortunate victims, but I'm sure they have network technicians working around the clock to button up the network, wherever their weakness was. I'm sure when the attack was discovered, cellphones and pagers went off like crazy; especially when there's so many stakeholders involved (including you, the customer).

  12. #52

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    Quote Originally Posted by XemnasXD
    I never considered keylogging a hack. I mean basically someone is downloading something bad onto there computer. Its not the the keylogger forced its way on there. Someone was stupid and careless so they got a keylogger and now someone has there authenticator whatever. Its nice that Bliz is aware of this and helping people out but you'd have to be beyond stupid to download something like this...
    You do know it's possible to get a virus by visiting any site? MMO-Champion as well.

  13. #53

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    Why would you assume it's an inside job? It's not an interception from a Blizz machine to a Blizz machine, they're intercepting your battle.net email account information and password before it even gets to Blizz. On your local machine.

  14. #54

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    Quote Originally Posted by SpicyM
    Why would you assume it's an inside job? It's not an interception from a Blizz machine to a Blizz machine, they're intercepting your battle.net email account information and password before it even gets to Blizz. On your local machine.
    The network that WoW runs on is managed by AT&T. I'm just saying it's a possibility.

    A replay attack takes place on a WAN connection, so which WAN connection was compromised, the customer's or AT&T? How many accounts were compromised exactly?

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  15. #55

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    Except the "hack" all occured independent of their network. You get keylogger from website X. You type in your Username/Password on your local machine. You type in your authenticator code on your local machine. Keylogger redirects your traffic from going to Blizz and it goes to scriptkiddie. Scriptkiddie logs in with your information that you gave them. At no point did "you" ever even communicate with the Blizzard network. Blizz never even knew you tried to log in.

    Edit: They may have seen a login attempt by you that fails to use a correct authenticator code, but again you failing to authenticate doesn't indicate a weakness in their network.

  16. #56

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    Quote Originally Posted by Sickandtwistéd
    Funny, unless i'm mistaken, the only place you can talk to darion(For the mount) would be in ebon hold? He might be in ICC, but if I remember, he's not with the rest of the lore characters at the entrance. Does this mean that the deathchargers are still Death Knight only?
    Jaina and Sylvanas aren't at the entrance either.

    They probably show up when the buff exists.

  17. #57

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdBFt4LZF0c

    Audio to those quotes were on mmo-champion forums for a long time now back in 3.3.2. Nothing new really.

  18. #58

    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    Quote Originally Posted by SpicyM
    Except the "hack" all occured independent of their network. You get keylogger from website X. You type in your Username/Password on your local machine. You type in your authenticator code on your local machine. Keylogger redirects your traffic from going to Blizz and it goes to scriptkiddie. Scriptkiddie logs in with your information that you gave them. At no point did "you" ever even communicate with the Blizzard network. Blizz never even knew you tried to log in.
    Ok, I get what you're saying now, that makes sense. I'll remember that for the test. So it all boils down to people getting themselves infected with keyloggers again.

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    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    Holy mother, a tabard of the silver hand!

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    Re: Authenticator Accounts Hacked, ICC Quests, Crimson Deathcharger

    Quote Originally Posted by Sickandtwistéd
    Funny, unless i'm mistaken, the only place you can talk to darion(For the mount) would be in ebon hold? He might be in ICC, but if I remember, he's not with the rest of the lore characters at the entrance. Does this mean that the deathchargers are still Death Knight only?
    He is at Light's Hammer inside ICC but he's not standing next to Tirion Fordring in the center area. He's standing on the platform to the left, so it is possible to turn in the quest without being a Death Knight, provided being a Death Knight isn't a restriction.

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