Government Disrupted Two Extremely Damaging Cyber Threats

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The government announced today that they have disrupted a huge botnet that delivered Gameover ZeuS and the ransomware Crypotolocker.

Today, we are here to announce that, over the weekend, the Department disrupted two extremely damaging cyber threats – the financial botnet known as Gameover Zeus and the malicious software known as Cryptolocker. Gameover Zeus has secretly diverted millions of dollars to bank accounts of criminals across the globe while Cryptolocker – a ransomware scheme – has shutout hundreds of thousands of users from their own computers and data and demanded that victims pay to get access back to their own machines and information.
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And CEOs who connect their laptops they bring from home to the corporate network because they want to watch kiddie porn at work.
 
If these threats are really making it into the millions of dollars category, I don't understand what is stopping the government from making their pacts and finding these people. I mean heck, what, is the government secretly in on it too?
 
ravx25, you read the article?

You'll understand better if you do.
 
ravx25 said:
If these threats are really making it into the millions of dollars category, I don't understand what is stopping the government from making their pacts and finding these people. I mean heck, what, is the government secretly in on it too?
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Multiple levels of anonymity via the internet, multiple levels of people in the criminal organizations (i.e., we arrest one low level coder, will that really make a difference?), multiple geographic/legal jurisdictions, many not friendly to the US. Multiple organizations perhaps using similar malware, how do you know which to investigate/target?

TLDR; it's f'ing complicated fighting crime on the border-less internet in a border-ful world.
 
Only problem is they just shut it down, so anyone who was encrypted even if they wanted to pay to fix their files is now SOL. They should have at least taken over the servers and then made it so it does not require payment.
 
Saw the title and thought they were going to shut down Comcast and AT&T... but no such luck just a silly botnet.
 
lcpiper said:
ravx25, you read the article?

You'll understand better if you do.
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I did, but I am of the firm belief that what can be made by man can always be undone by man, especially in the digital world. I also think, despite certain nationalities being hostile to the US, they can likely make deals still on this type of activity.
 
ravx25 said:
I did, but I am of the firm belief that what can be made by man can always be undone by man, especially in the digital world. I also think, despite certain nationalities being hostile to the US, they can likely make deals still on this type of activity.
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I'm sure Russia and Crimea will be more than happy to extradite people stealing from US citizens after the sanctions were placed on them.
 
The government can actually do something right once in a while, but they fail miserably more often than not.
 
The thing is Cyberlocker is like, fucking stupid easy to track

Every bitcoin has an ID on it, making it the most easily tracked resource in history, all you do is record the bitcoin ID's, pay the ransom, then track where the bitcoin goes

How the people are not caught yet is what is mystifying, given how easy it is to track bitcoins, its impossible to laundry them without getting caught, cause they are all registered

All bitcoin INC has to do it set up a system where you can report stolen bitcoins etc, and if you have the tracking IP's and ID's you can track it in a heartbeat when it is transferred on the market, just like real money is tracked
 
ShamisOMally said:
The thing is Cyberlocker is like, fucking stupid easy to track

Every bitcoin has an ID on it, making it the most easily tracked resource in history, all you do is record the bitcoin ID's, pay the ransom, then track where the bitcoin goes

How the people are not caught yet is what is mystifying, given how easy it is to track bitcoins, its impossible to laundry them without getting caught, cause they are all registered

All bitcoin INC has to do it set up a system where you can report stolen bitcoins etc, and if you have the tracking IP's and ID's you can track it in a heartbeat when it is transferred on the market, just like real money is tracked
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Cyberlocker is fucking evil.

Further most people who fall victim to it probably don't have bitcoins lying around.
 
ShamisOMally said:
The thing is Cyberlocker is like, fucking stupid easy to track

Every bitcoin has an ID on it, making it the most easily tracked resource in history, all you do is record the bitcoin ID's, pay the ransom, then track where the bitcoin goes

How the people are not caught yet is what is mystifying, given how easy it is to track bitcoins, its impossible to laundry them without getting caught, cause they are all registered

All bitcoin INC has to do it set up a system where you can report stolen bitcoins etc, and if you have the tracking IP's and ID's you can track it in a heartbeat when it is transferred on the market, just like real money is tracked
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Not that easy. It's called a tumblr. Any criminal who's able to write the type of ransomware should also know to use a tumbler.

It's the equivalent of money laundering.
 
if only the crazy idea that the NSA, actually being the creator of those botnets, and simply used their otherwise retirement as a PR lifesaver, was far-fetched and laughable....
 
I tried looking up the propagation method for Cyberlocker and apparently it is spread through zipped .exe's disguised with PDF icons through email.:rolleyes::eek: So, the typical PBKAC weeding out of the weak. It also spreads as a secondary infection through trojans.
 
I'd support the NSA if they sent Delta Force to practice room clearing drills in the basements of the faggots who write ransomware.
 
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