McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2012

[David_B]

This quarter, several Anonymous members or affiliates were the target of
law enforcement operations.

After the LulzSec member “Sabu” pleaded guilty in August 2011 and
cooperated with FBI, law enforcement agents caught other top members of
the computer hacking group. The suspects—who included two men from the
United Kingdom, two from Ireland, and two from the United States—were
indicted in the Southern District of New York.

Earlier in the quarter, Interpol announced the arrest of
25 suspected members of Anonymous in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Spain.

W0rmer and Kahuna, two members of CabinCr3w, a hacker group close to
Anonymous, were arrested on March 20 in the United States.

This quarter we saw that not only the police can disrupt cybercriminal
operations. In a January post, the famous researcher Dancho Danchev
exposed the identity and data he discovered about a Russian individual
linked to the gang behind Koobface.

Some days later, The New York Times disclosed four other names that a
group of security researchers had planned to announce.

We close with Microsoft’s Operation B71, which focused on botnets using
Zeus, SpyEye, and Ice-IX variants. On March 23, Microsoft unveiled a
joint lawsuit with the Financial Services Information Sharing and
Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and the National Automated Clearing House
Association (NACHA).

Microsoft and its agents captured four hours of network traffic and
seized servers from two hosting locations in Pennsylvania and Illinois.
In addition, more than 1,700 domain names were analyzed to understand
their role in this business.

Read the whole report, here:-
http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/r...at-q1-2012.pdf

[Dustin]

David_B <David_B@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
news:jq5ior$s81$1@dont-email.me:

> This quarter, several Anonymous members or affiliates were the target
> of law enforcement operations.

<snip long read>

What is the point in posting this?



--
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too
many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and
the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. - J.C. Watts

[Polk Salad]

In article <XnsA06393C14AED4HHI2948AJD832@no>, bughunter.dustin@gmail.com
says...
>
>
>David_B <David_B@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>news:jq5ior$s81$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> This quarter, several Anonymous members or affiliates were the target
>> of law enforcement operations.
>
><snip long read>
>
>What is the point in posting this?

I see he had to change his posting name.
Most everybody had "BD" blocked.
He must have gotten tired of talking to himself... :-)
Oh well, what's another name on the plonk list? :-)

[David_B]

Dustin wrote:
> David_B<David_B@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
> news:jq5ior$s81$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> This quarter, several Anonymous members or affiliates were the target
>> of law enforcement operations.
>
> <snip long read>
>
> What is the point in posting this?

FYI

Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system. It was
developed from the general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name.
Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived
the idea in 1979 and it was established in 1980. Users read and post
messages (called articles or posts, and collectively termed news) to one
or more categories, known as newsgroups.

Usenet resembles a bulletin board system (BBS) in many respects, and is
the precursor to the various Internet forums that are widely used today.
Usenet can be superficially regarded as a hybrid between email and web
forums. Discussions are threaded, with modern news reader software, as
with web forums and BBSes, though posts are stored on the server
sequentially.

One notable difference between a BBS or web forum and Usenet is the
absence of a central server and dedicated administrator. Usenet is
distributed among a large, constantly changing conglomeration of servers
that store and forward messages to one another in so-called news feeds.
Individual users may read messages from and post messages to a local
server operated by their Internet service provider, university, or employer.

More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

I hope that helps.

Is there something within the report with which you disagree?

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

David_B wasted our time with:

> Dustin wrote:
>> David_B<David_B@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>> news:jq5ior$s81$1@dont-email.me:
>>
>>> This quarter, several Anonymous members or affiliates were the target
>>> of law enforcement operations.
>>
>> <snip long read>
>>
>> What is the point in posting this?
>
> FYI
>
> Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system.

<snip long read>

> I hope that helps.

Not at all. Not one single little bit.

> Is there something within the report with which you disagree?

What is the point in posting this?

What next? A recipe for shepherd's pie?

--
-bts
-Wagers taken.

[Aardvark]

On Thu, 31 May 2012 08:11:47 +0000, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

> David_B wasted our time with:
>
>> Dustin wrote:
>>> David_B<David_B@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>>> news:jq5ior$s81$1@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> This quarter, several Anonymous members or affiliates were the target
>>>> of law enforcement operations.
>>>
>>> <snip long read>
>>>
>>> What is the point in posting this?
>>
>> FYI
>>
>> Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system.
>
> <snip long read>
>
>> I hope that helps.
>
> Not at all. Not one single little bit.
>
>> Is there something within the report with which you disagree?
>
> What is the point in posting this?
>
> What next? A recipe for shepherd's pie?

That'd be much more helpful, Beau.



--
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Clever guy BD in post <gLidnTjP2tgGPy7SnZ2dnUVZ7qKdnZ2d@bt.com>

[David_B]

Aardvark wrote:
> On Thu, 31 May 2012 08:11:47 +0000, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>
>> David_B wasted our time with:
>>
>>> Dustin wrote:
>>>> David_B<David_B@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>>>> news:jq5ior$s81$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>
>>>>> This quarter, several Anonymous members or affiliates were the target
>>>>> of law enforcement operations.
>>>>
>>>> <snip long read>
>>>>
>>>> What is the point in posting this?
>>>
>>> FYI
>>>
>>> Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system.
>>
>> <snip long read>
>>
>>> I hope that helps.
>>
>> Not at all. Not one single little bit.
>>
>>> Is there something within the report with which you disagree?
>>
>> What is the point in posting this?
>>
>> What next? A recipe for shepherd's pie?
>
> That'd be much more helpful, Beau.

That can be arranged! ;-)

Is there something within the report with which *you* disagree?

[David_B]

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> David_B wasted our time with:
>
>> Dustin wrote:
>>> David_B<David_B@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>>> news:jq5ior$s81$1@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> This quarter, several Anonymous members or affiliates were the target
>>>> of law enforcement operations.
>>>
>>> <snip long read>
>>>
>>> What is the point in posting this?
>>
>> FYI
>>
>> Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system.
>
> <snip long read>
>
>> I hope that helps.
>
> Not at all. Not one single little bit.

*Someone* may find it helpful!

>> Is there something within the report with which you disagree?
>
> What is the point in posting this?

The enlightenment of others less well informed that you, perhaps?

This *is* a discussion group - why not discuss the matter?

> What next? A recipe for shepherd's pie?

If you wish, but there are probably more appropriate newsgroups.

Is there something within the report with which *you* disagree?

[Dustin]

David_B <David_B@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
news:jq76ed$mfe$1@dont-email.me:

> I hope that helps.

Uhh. Do you really think I needed that? C'mon now...

I had a UUCP email address at one point. [g]

> Is there something within the report with which you disagree?

Nothing I can think of off hand, no. I don't see the point in it's post
tho. What information were you trying to bring upon us?




--
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too
many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and
the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. - J.C. Watts

[David_B]

Dustin wrote:
> David_B<David_B@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
> news:jq76ed$mfe$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> I hope that helps.
>
> Uhh. Do you really think I needed that? C'mon now...
>
> I had a UUCP email address at one point. [g]
>
>> Is there something within the report with which you disagree?
>
> Nothing I can think of off hand, no. I don't see the point in it's post
> tho. What information were you trying to bring upon us?

Before I answer your question, I'd very much like you to explain what
*you* mean by your use of the word *US*.

(Aardvark once stressed quite heavily that "There is no us" - TINU!)