Leaked Online Chats Expose Author of Largest Spam Botnet 78
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from the cover-blown dept.
from the cover-blown dept.
An anonymous reader writes "New analysis of financial records and online chat logs retrieved from the operators of Spamdot.biz — until recently the most notorious spam affiliate program — provides tantalizing clues about the identity of the man behind Cutwail, currently the largest spam botnet. Brian Krebs tells the story of 'Google,' the screen name used by the now-27-year-old botmaster who was part of a team of programmers in Moscow. Over the years, Cutwail has shifted from a spam cannon for male enhancement pills to a major vector for distributing malicious software."
But it works... (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, what's with all the laughing?
Arrest (Score:2, Funny)
Please arrest him now for terrorism (of small penis owners).
Re:But it works... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, it's ridiculous. When talking about penis size we can't just use a tape measure, we need a scale and a protractor as well:
[(Length x Diameter) + (Weight/Girth)] / (AngleOfTheTip^2)
Spam Cannon? (Score:5, Funny)
Spam cannon not large enough for your payload to reach people's inboxes? Try some herbal V14gr4.