I keep seeing some weird stuff elsewhere on the information superhighway, regarding people wanting to engage in cyberwarfare. I'm thinking maybe we should talk about it, because I hate to see people taken advantage of. I'm not linking to this stuff, for obvious reasons, but basically:
1. I have seen three posts on Ukraine subreddits where people are offering to do free tech support for Ukranians and Ukranian supporters. This is an obvious scam. Doing tech support for your target is the oldest trick in the book. I think this should be obvious to most technical people, but I thought I would mention it here, just in case (even technical people fall for this kind of thing, because nobody can always be as paranoid as they should be).
2. DDoS botnets: Basically, go to this web site, and it will use your internet conneciton to flood various targets to fuck with Putin. This is generally a bad idea. First of all, if you are in America, it's technically illegal to voluntarily join a botnet like that, no matter what the reason is. You probably won't get prosecuted for it, but you know, the law exists. Second of all, you don't really know who is controlling that web site you are using to participate in the DDoS. You could inadvertantly be DDoSing Ukrane, instead of Russia, or even putting stress on a financial institution, to help people steal money, or you could be helping a psychotic stalker get revenge on their ex. You probably can't really see what's going on by just looking at the code, either. Not if they were sneaky about it. So if this DDoS setup was made by your old college room mate, who you trust completely, then sure, maybe use it, but otherwise, it's a bad idea.
