Posted on 06/05/2009 6:31:01 PM PDT by JoeProBono
The FTC pulled the plug on the Cutwail botnet by shutting down Internet Service Provider Pricewert LLC when the agency filed a complaint Thursday alleging that it actively and knowingly participated in the distribution of child pornography, spam and malware. Security experts say that the Cutwait botnet was one of the most notorious botnets, accounting for up to 35 percent of global spam levels in May, security experts said.
The FTC issued a complaint accusing the San Jose-based Pricewert, also known as 3FN and APS Telecom, of actively recruiting and colluding with criminals that sought to distribute illegal and malicious content that included child pornography, spyware, viruses, Trojan horses, phishing, botnet command and control servers and pornography featuring violence, bestiality and incest.
The FTC complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, also alleged that Pricewert actively protected its criminal clientele from detection by either ignoring take-down requests issued by the online security community or shifting its criminal elements to other Internet protocol addresses it controlled in order to evade detection.
Good to hear.
Pingness
Beautiful but scary cyberthreats
Apr 27, 2009 These 3D models are then manipulated with modeling software to best capture the unique patterns and aesthetics of the code visualizations. Installer Trojan Cutwail, also known as Pushdo and Pandex, is currently one of the world's largest botnets, controlling more than one million active bots.
Surprised that this type of operation exists in United States... I thought they all are coming from Eastern Europe or Asian countries...
Source?
Indeed.
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