Them's some smart mo-fo's! Seriously, we all know this info, we had to put numbers to it to get it in the media.
Any bets as to whether they declare bankruptcy and get "bought" by a new firm with the same management, or whether they scatter like cockroaches and reconstitute in panama? Matt Paul Ferguson wrote: > Brian Krebs writes on Security Fix: > > [snip] > > Last week, I examined a series of Web services that make profiting from > cyber crime a point-and-click exercise that even the most novice hackers > can master. Today, I'd like to highlight the activities of Atrivo, a > Concord, Calif., based network provider that hosts some of these services. > > Several noted security researchers are releasing a report today that stems > from many months of investigating malicious activity emanating from > Atrivo's customers. Security experts say that Atrivo, also known as > "Intercage," has long been a major source of spyware, adware, viruses and > fake anti-virus products. > > The report is an exhaustive and well-researched analysis of Atrivo and its > operations. Some of the statistics on active exploits cited in that report > come from data sets I commissioned during my own investigation of Atrivo > and later shared with Jart Armin, the principal author of the report and > curator of the blog hostexploit.com. > > Looking back several years, Atrivo's various networks were used heavily by > the Russian Business Network, an ISP formerly based in St. Petersburg, > Russia. RBN had gained notoriety for providing Web hosting services > catering exclusively to cyber criminals. But after increased media > attention, RBN dispersed its operations to other, less conspicuous corners > of the Internet. > > [snip] > > Much more here: > http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/08/report_slams_us_host_a > s_major.html > > - ferg > -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. -- -------------------------------------------- Matthew Jonkman Emerging Threats Phone 765-429-0398 Fax 312-264-0205 http://www.emergingthreats.net -------------------------------------------- PGP: http://www.jonkmans.com/mattjonkman.asc _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
