Leaked Online Chats Expose Author of Largest Spam Botnet 78
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?
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Why would you want a longer penis? Unless you are in really sad shape, women don't like being probed with a baseball bat.
Who said he is doing it for women?
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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)
Re:But it works... (Score:5, Interesting)
Yes, this is true. I post anonymously because it is a bit embarassing and I don't want to appear to be bragging.
When I got married, both I and my wife were virgins. The first couple of times we had sex, she complained of the pain. I assumed it was just the whole virgin thing. Turns out, when erect, the circumference of my penis is twice the average. It is not much longer than average at 7.75" but when flacid it is much smaller.
The sex life got better after an epiziotomy (spelling?) but until then it wasn't pleasant. So men who wish for a big penis have no idea what they are wishing for.
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This is a real problem and it's gross. Tucking it in when using the public facilities is pretty hard to do. Then it gets near the water. Even worse.
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Not to mention having to hold it up a bit, but angled down while taking a dump... so it doesn't droop in the water...
...to say nothing of plopping down on a chair and accidentally sitting on the family jewels.
You know, Women get to show off their external reproductive organs... Most jeans & pants don't accommodate male genitalia well. I mean, women's clothes are made to fit their bosoms, but men's seem to be made as if their organ doesn't exist at all. A spandex pouch or cup should be sewn in to t
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like the cock hitting the porcelain in the toilet (ewww)
Well, when flacid, those large cocks are usually not any larger than normal ones. So, while peeing or shitting, this shouldn't be a problem.
But people may use the toilet for other activities than peeing and shitting... and in a small hotel toilet, even a normal-sized cock may touch the porcelain...
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Relevant graphic [imgur.com]
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Mine isn't that big and never used it for sex (also a virgin). I wonder if mine will be OK if I ever get to use it (have to find a woman to marry too). :(
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my dick got 69% longer in just 3 short strokes.
There, fixed that for you.
From Viagra to viruses... (Score:1)
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Also has the advantage that it is basically untraceable... i mean, what to you want, google it?
Re:Google (Score:5, Informative)
Also has the advantage that it is basically untraceable... i mean, what to you want, google it?
Yep, a clever choice of alias.
According to TFA, the Cutwail guy's real name is supposedly Dmitry Sergeyvich Nechvolod, phone number +7-916-4444474.
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Looks like operating a botnet isn't evil after all.
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Hi Dmitry!
Re:Stop caring about jurisdiction and just get the (Score:5, Insightful)
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Sure. What are the Somalis going to do about it?
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Unlikely, they serve the govt by compiling lists of gullible people; in other words they know who is an ideal voter / jurist / consumer.
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I hope you meant "juror" instead of "jurist".
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No, he's from Holland, where 'jurist' means 'lawyer' or 'attorney'.
bjd
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It means something similar in American English. I was hoping that such people were not that gullible.
Nah (Score:1)
Just because the US government has power to do a lot of locally illegal things around the world doesn't mean it should use that power every time we see something annoying. What's next? Nuking Justin Bieber?
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Right, cause they've never done that in the past.
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Nuking Justin Bieber?
I find your ideas interesting, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
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Just because the US government has power to do a lot of locally illegal things around the world doesn't mean it should use that power every time we see something annoying.
Letting them continue in a country that doesn't care isn't the best option either.
What's next? Nuking Justin Bieber?
I'd think you'd want to defuse him.
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You can defuse him by nuking him.
Re:Stop caring about jurisdiction and just get the (Score:5, Insightful)
Funny how, when it's (suspected) terrorists, drug lords, etc., most posters here argue for a fair, open trial, legal rendition and all that. Shut down Gitmo, stop the drone killings, stop the indefinite holdings, because we're becoming that which we fight.
But a spammer? Call in the CIA, call in DEVGRU, call in Jack Bauer, that man needs to be dead YESTERDAY, no matter the cost!
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because we're becoming that which we fight. But a spammer?
We're becoming spammers?
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Newsflash: different people on the same site have different opinions! Freaky, I know.
The difference (Score:2)
Is anyone arguing that the guy shouldn't get a fair, open trial, legal rendition, and all that? I know I'm not. Learn the difference between, "We should identify people committing crimes," and, "We should string people up without due process."
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Is anyone arguing that the guy shouldn't get a fair, open trial, legal rendition, and all that? I know I'm not. Learn the difference between, "We should identify people committing crimes," and, "We should string people up without due process."
Quote sethstorm:
The US Government knows where they are, why not just go and black-bag them? Repeat until the spam stops, no matter what country.
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Then execute him.
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Dead by our hands? No.
Just get them in a less fraudulent jurisdiction such as the US, then offer them the following choices:
They can tell all and get a long prison sentence in a well-protected facility within the US.
They can be turned back to the country that they came from, where they would most likely end up dead by fellow criminals.
If anything, you would be saving their lives and taking out a conduit for malware and spam.
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The goal of terrorism isn't the actual damage, it's to instill fear and provoke self-destructive reactions. I don't know what the direct damages caused by the terrorists were, but indirectly they caused the 2 wars, which have cost (correct me if I'm wrong) in excess of 1 trillion dollars. I seriously doubt that spammers have cost the economy 1 trillion.
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If communism was still in place, you'd get no spam from Russia. It's capitalism that begets spam, not communism.
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The people who say 'black-bag them' probably aren't the same people who talk against Gitmo.
Hahahahaaah !!! From moscow ? (Score:3)
Exaggeration ? Dont think so. the mafia that runs russia is as strong as the mafia that runs u.s.. And neither mafia would allow the other to kill their important assets in the dirty games they play.
You'd think that the author of world's largest botnet would be dealing in just viagra spam ? think again
hahaha (Score:2)
Arrest (Score:2, Funny)
Please arrest him now for terrorism (of small penis owners).
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Is that like a small business owner?
we can only hope (Score:1)
he meets the same fate as Vardan Kushnir
Normally (Score:1)
Normally I'm not a fan of Mossad style kidnappings in foreign countries, covert CIA flights and water boarding.
This time I'll make an exception.
Ok, I will not. Just arrest him and pwn his ass :)
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Far simpler to punish those ISPs that fail to detect and notify customers of bot machines. It's not like the behaviour has very unique and easily detectable characteristics which can be detected at either end.
So at the receivers, simply make a report, validate to confirm via the number of reports and notify and fix the sender or disconnect. I know it will cost ISPs quite a bit but it costs everyone else even more to let it continue.
I wonder (Score:2)
Spam Cannon? (Score:5, Funny)
Spam cannon not large enough for your payload to reach people's inboxes? Try some herbal V14gr4.
Luckily my Spambox Dentata filtered you out (Score:1)
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Really? (Score:1)
"... provides tantalizing clues about the identity of the man behind Cutwail, ... Over the years, Cutwail has shifted from a spam cannon for male enhancement pills to a major vector for distributing malicious software."
You just had to go there, didn't you?