Return of the Web Mob

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday April 10, 2006 @03:40AM from the cement-shoes-for-everyone dept.

Parore writes "eWeek is running a story about the return of the web mob, highlighting all the similiarities between the online attacks and the real-world mafia. From the article: "Black hat hackers have set up e-commerce sites offering private exploits capable of evading anti-virus scanners. An e-mail advertisement intercepted by researchers contained an offer to infect computers for use in botnets at $25 per 10,000 hijacked PCs. Skilled hackers in Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America are selling zero-day exploits on Internet forums where moderators even test the validity of the code against anti-virus software."

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Foreigners... it's always foreigners. by gowen · 2006-04-10 03:48 · Score: 4, Funny

Skilled hackers in Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America are selling zero-day exploits on Internet forums where moderators even test the validity of the code against anti-virus software
Phew, its a good job there are no malicious hackers in North America.

Thank God for the calming, lawful influences Mom's Apple Pie, Truth, Justice and Barry Bonds' adrenal glands.

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1. Re:Foreigners... it's always foreigners. by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-10 03:54 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Hey.
  You forgot Chuck Norris' roundhouse kick, with which he killed all the hackers!
  
  Odd that they don't mention any hacks in any part of the former british empire; the USA, Canada, Austrailia, India....
  
  Maybe it's all them poncy english stiff-upper lips....
2. Re:Foreigners... it's always foreigners. by geobeck · 2006-04-10 04:39 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Phew, its a good job there are no malicious hackers in North America.
  
  It's even more fortunate that there isn't some sort of international network of wires and cables that would let these foreigners attack our computers from overseas.
  
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What the article doesn't say by LiquidCoooled · 2006-04-10 03:53 · Score: 1, Funny

is that the email was sent including 27 of the most recent exploits and anyone included in the list is also included in a new undernet.

I got one this morning and so far not&&^*%%£""£[NO CARRIER]

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Holy Exploits, Hackman! by Spy+der+Mann · 2006-04-10 04:05 · Score: 2, Funny

The web mob is back! We MUST stop them!
- Quick, To the TuxCave!
IE purchase? by qwp · 2006-04-10 04:12 · Score: 5, Funny

So........
When i went to purchase these 25,000 computers with my trusty Internet Explorer v4.0, I actually got A DEAL!. They tossed in a extra computer now I control 25,001. These guys are soo nice!.
You to can be rich!! Secrets revealed!! by ylikone · 2006-04-10 04:22 · Score: 2, Funny

Imagine never having to drive into work again!! Sit and home and make millions with proven black hat techniques! All you need are a few hacking books from Amazon and a lack of morals! What could be easier!?
/this is not a troll, it's sarcasm

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Re:Look at the Price! by geobeck · 2006-04-10 04:44 · Score: 2, Funny

...remember the Irish potato famine?

Interesting analogy. I guess the difference is that you can't patch a blighted potato.

"Aye, son, just spray a fine mist o' Service Pack 2 o'er that field o' mashers."

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Not only that... by bepe86 · 2006-04-10 04:52 · Score: 2, Funny

Yeah, that's not qall of it, they even accept credit cards :)