FBI takes down Estonian BotNet Scam... 1

[BadBigBen]

Probably have read this elsewhere, but I thought I would give you all a nudge anyhow...

read more about it over at Ars Technica:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...m-ever-made-millions-for-estonian-hackers.ars

the FBI also has a website, where you can check to see if you have been hit by it, see the link in the article or follow the one below:

https://forms.fbi.gov/check-to-see-if-your-computer-is-using-rogue-DNS

Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
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[MakeItSo]

From the first link:

Trend Micro senior threat researcher Feike Hacquebord wrote in a blog post that his company had known the identity of the company controlling the DNS Changer botnet since 2006, but had held off on publishing the information to allow law enforcement to take action.

It took five, almost six years to do what it takes??
That's reassuring...


[navy]"We had to turn off that service to comply with the CDA Bill."[/navy]
- The Bastard Operator From Hell

 

[goombawaho]

An explanation of just how a porn-site trojan ended up on hundreds of NASA and other government computers was not part of the government's statement on the case.

Hmmm. Let me take a guess as to how this could possibly happen....

 

[BadBigBen]

>> Hmmm. Let me take a guess as to how this could possibly happen....
I'm sure it is only an educated guess, not one born out of experience... ;-)

Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"

 

[MakeItSo]

Nasa's new Deep Field Survey perhaps?


[navy]"We had to turn off that service to comply with the CDA Bill."[/navy]
- The Bastard Operator From Hell