GOBBLES

GOBBLES is the greatest group of trolls that have ever existed. Their drama-generating techniques used were truly of far greater magnitude than anything that has been seen since. The skill and grace with which they whipped the entire whitehat security industry into a frothing, hateful rage make even hardened masters of trollery like the GNAA look retarded and inefficient.

GOBBLES was such a master of trollery that songs will be sung of their feats for many generations of trolls to come.

Who is/are GOBBLES?

GOBBLES Security is an off-again on-again group of about 20 hackers who look for exploitable code and security flaws with all sorts of internet related programs. GOBBLES has found critical flaws in many different programs, including:

• Cherokee Webserver
• CSS
• Java
• OpenBSD servers running Apache
• NTOP
• The MP3 file format (see GOBBLES#MP3 Hydra)
• Hushmail
• IRCit IRC Client

GOBBLES is infamous for their no-heads up "Vendor Notifications" which serve as a massive "Fuck You" to the company who's product is being worked around:

	“	The professional staff of GOBBLES Security believe that by releasing our advisories without vendor notification of any sort is cute and humorous, so this is also the first time the vendor has been made aware of this problem. We hope that you're as amused with our maturity as we are. ;PpPppPpPpPPPpP	„
	—GOBBLES Security

MP3 Hydra

In 2003, GOBBLES caused an internet-wide panic when they announced that they were working with the RIAA to make a hydra that had already propagated to all corners of the internet, infecting some 95% of p2p networks. Furthermore they said that the exploit was totally uncatchable using normal means.

Security Faggots the world over proceeded to shit bricks and delete all their music from their computers, only to have GOBBLES come out a week later saying that it was all an elaborate hoax. They also pointed out a security vulnerability in the file format itself that allowed for the insertion of code to delete things from Unix-based systems.

	“	The only excuse we can offer for our immaturity is that we like the fame	„
	—GOBBLES Security talking to Wired

This has also served to smear GOBBLES name through the muck, so that when they release their next security warning the world will ignore them and pay the penalty.

Trolling the Securifags

First issue of GOBBLES webcomic.

GOBBLES' more infamous troll targets included Theo de Raadt, Alfred Huger, and Michal Zalewski (aka lcamtuf). He asked whitehat 'security expert' Raven what she was doing working in security when she couldn't even keep her own laptop from being pwned at schmoocon.

drunken.fi.st hax

Apr 24 08:20:13 <rave> im about to release my httpd
Apr 24 08:21:01 <rave> yes yes opensource
Apr 24 08:25:20 <rave> fixing the release of the httpd
Apr 24 08:27:50 <rave> does this look 1337 or what
Apr 24 08:27:51 <rave> chmod 777 $install/sphiro/{icons,errors}
Apr 24 08:29:10 * rave is working on the install .sh script that
                        works with ./configure and the makefiles
...
Apr 24 08:37:27 <rave> ilja #rosiello misses you
Apr 24 08:38:32 <ilja> no 1 in #rosiello
Apr 24 08:39:35 <rave> i do
Apr 24 08:39:40 <rave> im rosiello
Apr 24 08:39:46 <rave> with 21 others
Apr 24 08:40:02 <rave> at tops since whe linked with 0x557 securitu
Apr 24 08:40:05 <rave> at tops since whe linked with 0x557 security
Apr 24 08:40:42 <rave> <-- mercy heeft verlaten (Ping timeout)
Apr 24 08:40:46 <rave> hmm
Apr 24 08:41:07 <rave> he died
Apr 24 08:41:16 <rave> on rosiello i think here as well
Apr 24 08:41:25 <rave> my knife actualy worked
Apr 24 08:41:30 <mercy> O_O
Apr 24 08:41:32 <mercy> right
...
Apr 24 10:09:22 <rave> http://www.taintedknowledge.net/images/people/rave.jpg
Apr 24 10:11:30 <rave> http://www.taintedknowledge.net/images/people/rosiello/
...
Apr 24 10:13:01 <ilja> nraziz is a member of rosiello ?
Apr 24 10:13:24 <rave> no
Apr 24 10:13:29 <rave> a visitor
Apr 24 10:13:33 <rave> mercy is a member
Apr 24 10:13:34 <rave> me
Apr 24 10:13:39 <ilja> mercy is ?
Apr 24 10:13:43 <ilja> didn't know that
Apr 24 10:13:50 <rave> ex w00w00 what his name again
Apr 24 10:13:55 <rave> and angelo
Apr 24 10:14:10 <rave> ex w00w00 napster
Apr 24 10:14:26 <rave> angelo,rave,napster,mercy
Apr 24 10:14:38 <ilja> mercy is really in rosiello ?
Apr 24 10:14:42 <ilja> i though you were kidding
Apr 24 10:15:06 <rave> no im not
...
Apr 24 10:17:23 <rave> no
Apr 24 10:17:33 <rave> angelo has some lag in updating the site
Apr 24 10:17:48 <rave> i was like 3 months in rosiello and still the site sayed
Apr 24 10:17:52 <rave> angelo,phinix
Apr 24 10:17:58 <rave> *phunix
Apr 24 10:18:07 <_demiurge> hey rave
Apr 24 10:18:19 <rave> in the mean while i released 6 remote exploits
for windows
... a few hours later ...
... rave finds out GOBBLES hacked drunken.fi.st ...

Apr 24 13:25:18 <rave> KOKANIN UR BOX IS FUKCING HACKED AND ALL MY
                        STUFF IS GONE!!!!!!!!!
Apr 24 13:25:19 <rave> ty
Apr 24 13:25:45 <rave> eted
Apr 24 13:25:45 <rave> <calibre> hmm
Apr 24 13:25:49 <rave> oops
Apr 24 13:26:02 <rave> /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: timeout in locking authority file
/home/rave/.Xauthorityhi from GOBBLES
Apr 24 13:26:02 <rave> rm: /home/GOBBLES_rave: Permission denied
Apr 24 13:26:02 <rave> cp: /tmp/suid_shell_rave: Permission denied
Apr 24 13:26:02 <rave> chmod: /tmp/suid_shell_rave: Operation not
                        permitted
Apr 24 13:26:02 <rave> ravedrunken:~ $ls
Apr 24 13:26:03 <rave> ravedrunken:~ $ls
Apr 24 13:26:04 <rave> ravedrunken:~ $dir
Apr 24 13:26:06 <rave> -bash: dir: command not found
Apr 24 13:26:08 <rave> ravedrunken:~ $ls
Apr 24 13:26:12 <rave> ravedrunken:~ $
Apr 24 13:26:16 <rave> where is my research
Apr 24 13:26:59 <rave> who the fuck has bee g00fing on that box ?, report to me
and ile show u how mad i am
Apr 24 13:27:16 <rave> that is like 2 years of research missig stupid
                        fucks
Apr 24 13:27:24 <rave> bah
Apr 24 13:28:58 <rave> sorry i didnt realy intended to react like that
                        but im mad i hope there are backups some where 

Weev Gettin' "Tree'd" (though not really...)

On Sept. 15th 2009, weev was semi-dox'd on the notorious Full-Disclosure mailing list.(link)

	“	lol buddy i put my name in my own fuckin' blog its not like youve discovered some big secret also, i lol that it took the worlds most well funded law enforcement agency working at the behest of the one true arm of satan just to dox me. you dudes are sad. lets smoke crack and kill jews.	„
	—weev's responce

In essence, GOBBLES gets their name from what they like to do to boys cocks, just like those faggots in zf0. It's not even really a "tree" because his dox are not in a tree format.

Links

• GOBBLES defcon speech featuring pr0j3kt m4yh3m leader The Unix Terrorist (formerly known as zmagic and JimJones) and the brilliantly eccentric silvio (commonly referred to as "the smartest hacker alive"). The speech insulted the entire security industry and everyone remotely involved with it.
• Phrack profile on GOBBLES
• GOBBLES Labs advisories
• Gobbles Release Apache Exploit, a SecurityFocus article written by lol-cow^H^H^H^H^H^H^H brilliant reporter Brian McWilliams

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