Re: Pentesters getting owned?

["Nexus" <nexus () patrol i-way co uk>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wirepair" <wirepair () roguemail net>
To: <dailydave () lists immunitysec com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 1:59 AM
Subject: [Dailydave] Pentesters getting owned?


> Has anyone ever heard of or seen a pen-testers laptop get owned while
their on site? I was just thinking,
> sometimes to exploit wacky services you need to open yourself up. Which
obviously led me to the hilarious
> thought (albeit scary if it were me), what if i got owned?

Heh - in that case it's time to retire to that croft on some distant island
;-)
First hand, not aware of any consultants laptop getting 0wned but several
times I have been on the receiving end of some fairly heavy scanning from
the admins during internal tests, so they were certainly having a go...

Cheers.

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