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How Phishers Think, Act, and Make a Profit
whitehartstag writes with a write up of "the excellent session at Black Hat that detailed 'how phishers create sites, share info and code, and basically are lazy.' They store their stolen data 'on websites that they have hacked into, or on [publically available] sites like guestbooks. And even worse, they are not protecting their stolen data ... which means that all one needs to do to find this info is to reverse engineer a real phisher's website, look at their PHP script, and find out where they are storing the data.'"
Reporter: I'm here with Tucker Max, author of "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell." The book is a New York Times best-seller and soon to be made into a movie. Tucker and his co-writer Nils Parker are lounging out in their Hollywood apartment, and have been nice enough to grant us an interview. So what is it like to be Tucker Max?
Tucker: I don't have enough dicks for all the pussy that is being thrown at me.
Reporter: Oh...kay. Let's go back a bit to how this all got started.
Tucker: I made a fucking website as a fucking dare to my friendsses. I put up a date applications, and then started send these really fucking funny emails about true stuff that was happening to me. And I'm not even the coolest one of my friends.
Reporter: I see. And this snowballed into the book?
Tucker: Well I had a few other books too which were also bestsellers.
Reporter: Really? Where can I get them?
Tucker: They're not available. Since they were selling so fucking well, I decided it was best to pull them from the marketplace.
Reporter: Sort of an odd financial plan, eh?
Tucker: I'm Tucker Max.
Reporter: I can't help but notice that you and Nils and your friends wear a ton of flip flops and elastic shorts. Did you rob a Sports Chalet?
Tucker: I sleep with so many chicks that I need to have quick accesses to being naked.
Nils: I just do it because Tucker does it... and I decided to get engaged right before I become famous -
Tucker: Shut the fuck up Nils, you fat bastard.
(Nils hang his head and goes into the Kitchen. He folds a large DiGornio Pizza in half and inhales it.)
Reporter: I see here that you appeared on MTV?
Tucker: They actually appeared on me once- Projected right onto my Frankenstein like forehead. It was awesome. And then I agreed to let them film a show about me. Highest ratings I think ever for their network.
Reporter: So they must have made a series out of it?
Tucker: Fuck MTV. They are a small network with no real market or business models.
Reporter: I think they're a global network.
Tucker: I'm Tucker Max.
Reporter: So lets' talk about the book. What are some of your favorite stories?
(The Bunny arrives bringing the boys sandwiches - Tucker inspects his sandwich closely)
Tucker: You fucking stupids cunt. I said NO TOMATO!
Bunny: Can't you just remove them?
Tucker: You fucking worthless cum dumpster - they touched the fucking meat. Get me a new one now or I'll knock the shit out of you!
(Bunny bursts into tears, drinks a bottle of Zinfandel, pops three pills and runs out)
Reporter: Is this a bad time?
Tucker: For what?
Reporter: Right... um, the book. What are your favorite stories?
Tucker: Tucker Tries Bufthsects!
Reporter: I'm sorry. Bus sexs?
Tucker: Bufthsects!
Reporter: Bug Heads?
Tucker: Bufthsects!!!
Reporter: ... um, let's move on. This isn't your first time in Hollywood right?
Tucker: Comedy Centrals bought a show from me, but the stupid dumb cunt I was working with tried to hire professional staff and I told them where they could go. I'm Tucker Max, and a character like me has never been created in Hollywood. I'm a brand.
Reporter: I think I've seen your character about 947 times.
Tucker: You're 100% wrong. This movie is revolutionary and will change Hollywood.
Reporter: That's a bold claim. It must be some screenplay.
Nils: I wrote it and gave it to Tucker.
Tucker: I fixed it and made it work.
Nils: He changed one sentence.
Tucker: Shut the fuck up you fat asshole. I made you and I can destroy you, dropout!
(Nils hangs his head and goes to kitchen and smashes a full bag of Chips 'ahoy. He then pours the crumbs on to a cutting board and snorts them using an empty paper towel tube.)
Reporter: Sounds like quite the writing process.
Tucker: Yeah, we fucking analyzed every word, every sentence. There was this one scene where we were l
Um, you ... do realize, don't you, that evolution is just a theory, right? THEORY. As in ... it hasn't actually been proven yet?
Yeah ... *that* kind of theory.
1. Think 2. Act 3. ??? 4. Profit!
My other UID is lower than this one.
How to profit as a phisher -
1. Think
2. Act
3. ???
4. Profit!
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