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Recent botnets busted by FBI were lame, but still dangerous |
December 17, 2012
A criminal organization recently busted by law enforcement distributed malware on Facebook using two separate botnets built from tools that are easily found in the hacker underground, a security expert said.
The FBI announced last week that ten people had been arrested for allegedly targeting Facebook users with malware designed to steal credit card and bank account numbers.
The arrests were made across seven countries, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Peru, the U.K., and the U.S. The police effort was a joint operation between the FBI and international law enforcement agencies. (See also "Is Your PC Bot-Infested? Here's How to Tell.")
The suspects allegedly ran a network of more than 11 million compromised computer systems linked to the theft of more than $850 million, the FBI said. Over the last two years, the botnet has distributed malware through Facebook accounts.
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Link: http://www.csoonline.com/article/723779/Botnet_operators_in_FBI_bust_show_little_talent,_expert_says
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