The tools and such help with tracking, information sharing helps. The last link you tweeted includes similar info on a botnet.pic.twitter.com/9ZZD1OUDBl
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They know people reverse the malware, but they don't know what they do on the back of that (most FINcrime attackers have exactly zero clue what analysts do). It's not the knowledge that you reversed the malware that's the problem, it's that they don't like public tools.
You can still use the tools privately without sharing what you're using them for, no?
some people (who work for TI companies) have economic incentives to not want these tools shared, because it fucks their competitive edge and means they have to do a rewrite.
Or, Its because I like enjoying my weekend and not retooling so that we can have 100% visibility at all times. I know "Companies Bad", but lets not forget that we're all people too. Personally, I had tools like this before I got a job.
We do share the data with defenders. We just don't use twitter to do so.
Following this logic, developers could all skip sharing source code publicly, otherwise the bad guys will have it easier to find vulnerabilities to exploit. Is that what we want? IMHO a lot of people can learn from articles like this, not only "the defenders you" share it with..
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