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Re: security consultant breaks security ..

____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Friday 18 April 2008 00:41 : \____

> On Apr 17, 10:32 am, Doug Mentohl <doug_ment...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "John Schiefer .. admitted that he gained access without authorisation
>> to hundreds of thousands of computers .. and that he remotely
>> controlled these compromised machines through computer servers"
>>
>> "The malware .. would access private communications .. Schiefer and
>> others would then use those communications to find out a users’
>> account name(s), or usernames, and that user’s password(s)"
>>
>> "Schiefer would then access accounts and make purchases unbeknowst to
>> the true owner. Schiefer also admitted to giving those usernames and
>> passwords to others"
>>
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1034
> 
> The article says he infected and controlled 250,000 computers.  I
> wonder how many of them were running Linux or OS/X?  Try zero.

It doesn't even take a security expert. Watch the following recent story about
a kid controlling as many as 1,300,000 Windows machines. And look what they
are used for... just imagine the damage (financial) and the pain (emotional).

New Zealand teenager convicted over international cyber crime ring

,----[ Quote ]
| Owen Thor Walker, 18, known by his online name "AKILL," was involved in a 
| network accused of infiltrating 1.3 million computers and skimming millions 
| of dollars from victims' bank accounts.  
`----

http://news.smh.com.au/new-zealand-teenager-convicted-over-international-cyber-crime-ring/20080301-1vzs.html

Of course, that's just a fraction in a pool of over 300,000,000 Windows
zombies.

Bots rule in cyberspace

,----[ Quote ] 
| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million 
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses 
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.  
`----

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm


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