securitybreach Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Very interesting and captivating article!! On the morning of December 30, the day after Barack Obama imposed sanctions on Russia for interfering in the 2016 US election, Tillmann Werner was sitting down to breakfast in Bonn, Germany. He spread some jam on a slice of rye bread, poured himself a cup of coffee, and settled in to check Twitter at his dining room table. The news about the sanctions had broken overnight, so Werner, a researcher with the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, was still catching up on details. Following a link to an official statement, Werner saw that the White House had targeted a short parade’s worth of Russian names and institutions—two intelligence agencies, four senior intelligence officials, 35 diplomats, three tech companies, two hackers. Most of the details were a blur. Then Werner stopped scrolling. His eyes locked on one name buried among the targets: Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev. Werner, as it happened, knew quite a bit about Evgeniy Bogachev. He knew in precise, technical detail how Bogachev had managed to loot and terrorize the world’s financial systems with impunity for years. He knew what it was like to do battle with him. But Werner had no idea what role Bogachev might have played in the US election hack. Bogachev wasn’t like the other targets—he was a bank robber. Maybe the most prolific bank robber in the world. “What on earth is he doing on this list?” Werner wondered.............. https://www.wired.co...cker-spy-botnet 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Hello, Really an excellent report. The timing on the use of peer-to-peer communications for controlling botnets is a little off (that had been going on for several years prior to Zeus) but what's really interesting is how it ties together how computer criminals in Russia also conduct espionage and spy on behalf of their government. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 Hello, Really an excellent report. The timing on the use of peer-to-peer communications for controlling botnets is a little off (that had been going on for several years prior to Zeus) but what's really interesting is how it ties together how computer criminals in Russia also conduct espionage and spy on behalf of their government. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Yeah, I was thinking the same thing about p2p control of botnets but I wonder if the others actually knew that Bogachev was working for the Russian government? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Hello, He certainly wouldn't be the first one: Son of Russian Parliament member convicted in massive hacking, ID-theft scheme Of course, not all of them have fathers who are members of the Duma (Russian parliament), sometimes their dad is just a prominent judge. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 Nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Wow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Hello, I guess if they don't have a connected familly, they just plead guilty. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) Amazing- a rare case where the Russian hacker gets nabbed. Interesting! Thanks, Aryeh... Clutter Note to self: Do not do computer crimes and then go on vacation in Finland... Edited April 24, 2017 by Cluttermagnet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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