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Who and What Is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?
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#12Kudos to him for doing and publishing the research, I would personally be a little bit afraid to expose criminals and criminal organizations.
There have been several attacks against Brian Krebs in the past. From sending heroin* to his house, to adding his name to malware ("malware created by Brian Krebs"). This is because he always posts pictures and full names of criminals and is also why I have no sympathy for Brian Krebs, as I dislike online pillories and the rehabilitation of criminals is made massively more difficult this way. Nevertheless, attacks ag…
I'm all for rehabilitation, but let's not kid ourselves. These Russian cybercriminals who have been in business for over a decade aren't going to just turn around and suddenly become productive members of global society.
Re: Who and What Is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?
#13Kudos to him for doing and publishing the research, I would personally be a little bit afraid to expose criminals and criminal organizations.
There have been several attacks against Brian Krebs in the past. From sending heroin* to his house, to adding his name to malware ("malware created by Brian Krebs"). This is because he always posts pictures and full names of criminals and is also why I have no sympathy for Brian Krebs, as I dislike online pillories and the rehabilitation of criminals is made massively more difficult this way. Nevertheless, attacks ag…
That is not the reason for being against publishing the name of these complete and utter scumbags.
The only reason not to publish names is that there's always the risk of a false positive.
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#14Couldn't a criminal leave enough info to point to someone else? Then Krebs exposes a mark.
Yep this is what happens most of the time.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
There have been several attacks against Brian Krebs in the past. From sending heroin* to his house, to adding his name to malware ("malware created by Brian Krebs"). This is because he always posts pictures and full names of criminals and is also why I have no sympathy for Brian Krebs, as I dislike online pillories and the rehabilitation of criminals is made massively more difficult this way. Nevertheless, attacks ag…
I'm all for rehabilitation, but let's not kid ourselves. These Russian cybercriminals who have been in business for over a decade aren't going to just turn around and suddenly become productive members of global society.
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Re: Who and What Is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?
#17Couldn't a criminal leave enough info to point to someone else? Then Krebs exposes a mark.
That’s what the CIA does. See shadow brokers and the toolkit used to “change” attribution.