shorena
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July 27, 2015, 04:22:34 PM |
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Is that so?
I just ran: c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=Christian1.998 and I now have a wallet file with that name. Its 88 kbyte. I also have a file named wallet.dat that is 421696 kbyte. Its an acutally wallet file and its not protected by a password (sounds juicy, right?).
I did not compile anything for this and I dont think there is an upper bound to the size of a wallet file. 400 MB is pretty much the upper bound of what I want to run, but other people might see this differently. Anyway I did a quick search and found 88603 files that match that size range. The system is not even a month old.
Ive forgotten that you can specify the extension over the comandline ^^ But if you just start it with your folder, your wallet gets saved in the appdatadir right ? If you search only in this location, and zip the found files then you got all possible "wallets". Best regards Christian I can specify any location that is reachable. I probably can specify a location that is unreachable and bitcoin core would just fallback to the default. Thus the file does not even have to be on the system unless I start core, it could be in a encrypted container. Anyway, if you zip all possible files you pretty much zip my entire hard drive. Thats certainly a possible way to steal a wallet file, its just a question of disk storage and whether you can do it slow and silent enough for the victim not to notice. I hope more malware coders use your approach. |
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achow101
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July 27, 2015, 04:24:35 PM |
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Is that so?
I just ran: c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=Christian1.998 and I now have a wallet file with that name. Its 88 kbyte. I also have a file named wallet.dat that is 421696 kbyte. Its an acutally wallet file and its not protected by a password (sounds juicy, right?).
I did not compile anything for this and I dont think there is an upper bound to the size of a wallet file. 400 MB is pretty much the upper bound of what I want to run, but other people might see this differently. Anyway I did a quick search and found 88603 files that match that size range. The system is not even a month old.
Ive forgotten that you can specify the extension over the comandline ^^ But if you just start it with your folder, your wallet gets saved in the appdatadir right ? If you search only in this location, and zip the found files then you got all possible "wallets". Best regards Christian That data directory can be changed. Still, the there are thousands of files of that size, which can amount to large downloads from the victim and extra time sorting. It isn't as easy as you think it is. |
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Christian1998
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July 27, 2015, 04:31:56 PM |
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That data directory can be changed. Still, the there are thousands of files of that size, which can amount to large downloads from the victim and extra time sorting. It isn't as easy as you think it is.
But its not impossible  If you can create an algo for that its more easylier than you think. Best regards Christian |
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ArpFlush (OP)
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July 28, 2015, 08:38:30 AM |
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I just ran: c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=Christian1.998 and I now have a wallet file with that name. Its 88 kbyte. I also have a file named wallet.dat that is 421696 kbyte. Its an acutally wallet file and its not protected by a password (sounds juicy, right?).
So, in order to access wallet Christian1.998, you need to c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=Christian1.998, right? Otherwise it would load your wallet.dat, correct? |
"Panic Selling is not an Investment Strategy"
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Christian1998
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July 28, 2015, 08:41:56 AM |
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I just ran: c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=Christian1.998 and I now have a wallet file with that name. Its 88 kbyte. I also have a file named wallet.dat that is 421696 kbyte. Its an acutally wallet file and its not protected by a password (sounds juicy, right?).
So, in order to access wallet Christian1.998, you need to c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=Christian1.998, right? Otherwise it would load your wallet.dat, correct? Yes, thats right if you have it installed under the directory "c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe". Best regards Christian |
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ArpFlush (OP)
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July 28, 2015, 09:55:32 AM |
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I just ran: c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=Christian1.998 and I now have a wallet file with that name. Its 88 kbyte. I also have a file named wallet.dat that is 421696 kbyte. Its an acutally wallet file and its not protected by a password (sounds juicy, right?).
So, in order to access wallet Christian1.998, you need to c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=Christian1.998, right? Otherwise it would load your wallet.dat, correct? Yes, thats right if you have it installed under the directory "c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe". Best regards Christian Thanks Christian, I noticed btw that if you wanna access the default wallet again, you should use the command line also (c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=wallet.dat), if not, you'll get an wallet error. |
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Christian1998
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July 28, 2015, 10:09:57 AM |
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I just ran: c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=Christian1.998 and I now have a wallet file with that name. Its 88 kbyte. I also have a file named wallet.dat that is 421696 kbyte. Its an acutally wallet file and its not protected by a password (sounds juicy, right?).
So, in order to access wallet Christian1.998, you need to c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=Christian1.998, right? Otherwise it would load your wallet.dat, correct? Yes, thats right if you have it installed under the directory "c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe". Best regards Christian Thanks Christian, I noticed btw that if you wanna access the default wallet again, you should use the command line also (c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=wallet.dat), if not, you'll get an wallet error. Do you havent changed anything else? |
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shorena
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July 28, 2015, 10:10:59 AM |
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I just ran: c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=Christian1.998 and I now have a wallet file with that name. Its 88 kbyte. I also have a file named wallet.dat that is 421696 kbyte. Its an acutally wallet file and its not protected by a password (sounds juicy, right?).
So, in order to access wallet Christian1.998, you need to c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=Christian1.998, right? Otherwise it would load your wallet.dat, correct? Yes, thats right if you have it installed under the directory "c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe". Best regards Christian Thanks Christian, I noticed btw that if you wanna access the default wallet again, you should use the command line also (c:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe -wallet=wallet.dat), if not, you'll get an wallet error. Cant confirm, I just started as usual (via shortcut) after the test and everything was as expected (regular wallet.dat file loaded). |
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July 28, 2015, 12:13:08 PM |
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This is security by obscurity. Just like putting your house keys under a rock beneath the door.
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