Capture 100 people who traffic Blackshades malware

Co-ordinated movements of the Europol FBI and other services led to the 100 capture of people Blackshades malware. The FBI, Europol, and many other law enforcement agencies arrested dozens of suspects for illegal online activities that were centered around the creepware known as Blackshades (or W32.Shadesrat). The security company Symantec συνεργάστηκε στενά με το FBI σε αυτήν τη συντονισμένη προσπάθεια, με την ανταλλαγή πληροφοριών που επέτρεψε στην υπηρεσία να εντοπίσει τους ύποπτους για τη of the malicious . As a result of this operation, the Blackshades sales website is now offline and a significant reduction in malware activity is expected.
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Blackshades is a popular and powerful remote access Trojan (RAT), used by hackers and sophisticated criminal groups. . Η πώληση του Βlackshades γινόταν δια μέσω της ιστοσελίδας bshades.eu για 40-50 δολάρια. Οι ανταγωνιστικές τιμές, η μεγάλη λίστα χαρακτηριστικών που παρέχει το Βlackshades στον επιτιθέμενο το καθιστούν ένα από τα πιο δημοφιλή κακόβουλα λογισμικά, καθώς προσφέρει πλήρη έλεγχο στο μολυσμένο μηχάνημα. Ένα απλό κλικ στο interface του κακόβουλου προτος επιτρέπει την κλοπή δεδομένων, την περιήγηση στο σύστημα αρχείων, τη λήψη screenshotw, την εγγραφή βίντεο, και την αλληλεπίδραση με εφαρμογές άμεσων μηνυμάτων και κοινωνικών δικτύων.

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The arrests come just days after the FBI's announcement that it will follow a more aggressive attitude towards cyber criminals targeting American citizens. The agency promised upcoming investigations, arrests and prosecutions.

As we mentioned above the website – source of this RAT – bshades.eu – is offline. This will seriously affect the sale and distribution of Blackshades. THE expects there to be a significant decrease in Blackshades activity in 2014. Add to that the fact that cracked builds and source code of Blackshades remain online on various forums, and we should expect cybercriminals to start creating new Trojans.

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