A man from Kentucky sold a program that spied on victims, he must lose $ 725G
A man from Kentucky sold a program that spied on victims, he must lose $ 725G
A man from Kentucky who was selling malicious spyware in hacker forums finally got his courtesy from the FBI.
Colton Grubbs, 21, of Stanford, Kentucky, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for conspiracy to illegally access computers, among other crimes, the Department of Justice Announced this week.
You must also renounce the benefits of your crimes, including 114 Bitcoin, valued at approximately $ 725,000.
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"Directly and indirectly, Grubbs offered assistance to its customers on how to use LuminosityLink [software] "for unauthorized computer intrusions through publications and group chats on websites like HackForums.net," said the Department of Justice.
Grubbs had previously admitted that he had designed, marketed and sold LuminosityLink, which he knew would be used by customers "to access and remotely control the computers of their victims without the knowledge or consent of the victims," the Justice Department added.
The software, which Grubbs sold for $ 39.99 per copy, is intended to be a system administration tool, according to Palo Alto Networks, which previously investigated the case and worked with the FBI.
In fact, LuminosityLink is a Trojan family of Remote Access (RAT) that runs a "very aggressive keylogger" and other malicious code that allows the bad guys to take full control of the victim's computer, Palo Alto wrote. Networks in one submit Describing your LuminosityLink research.
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Keylogger software, if successfully executed on the victim's computer, is especially dangerous because it covertly registers key presses and, therefore, can register a person who enters, for example, a banking site and steal Usernames and passwords.
Malicious software also monitored the victims using the cameras and microphones of their computers and the confidential files downloaded.
"Once executed, attackers receive a large number of options, including keylogging, remote desktop, password stealing and interaction with a shell on the device," said Palo Alto Networks.
"To date, Palo Alto Networks has witnessed more than 50,000 attempts at infection by LuminosityLink, covering 18,000 unique samples." Malware is cheap and available to the public, making it a dangerous threat to organizations and organizations alike. for individuals, "added Palo Alto Networks.
The FBI said it will continue to work with private companies such as Palo Alto Networks to fight cybercrime.
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