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Russian Police Know Who Wrote Gpcode Virus
rifles only writes "Russian police
almost certainly know the identity of the programmer responsible for the frightening 'ransomware' crypto virus, Gpcode, which has hit the Internet several times since 2006, says a story at Techworld, which has tapped a Kaspersky Lab researcher. Gpcode used 1024-bit RSA/128-bit RC4 to lock up victims' data, an uncrackable combination that left the world with only one solution: find the virus author to get the master key. So why don't the cops do anything? Good question, but this is Russia we're talking about."
. . . virus encrypts you!
Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?
"Good question, but this is Russia we're talking about." ?? Someone care to enlighten me what that was about?
Like cops the world over.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
I'm not sure it's relevant who at Techworld is tapping who at Kaspersky Labs
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"According to Kaspersky, stopping ransomware-based malware in the future will require more effective law enforcement, the use of forensic software analysis to tie suspects to their malevolent creations, and possibly building restrictions into the Windows cryptographic software libraries used to create Gpcode itself."
This concerns me more than what the cops do as pointed out in the story there's the difficulty of getting the money back to the ransomware author.
Shai Schticks:"You don't make peace with friends, you make peace with enemies"
They'll never catch me, HAHAHA! /mnt/cppp/super_secret_files /mnt/cppp/putins_wife.jpeg -a 1024 --key="motherland"
# encrypt
Go go Gadget Nailgun!
hQIOA9E1fHW L3Cs+EAf+ LWFxdp1PrTde8Qie 1RCbJcYw+wje0tBapGwhioSd8+yQ /2+iF7/2ht/yAmNQm 4dX6v1BaHSHccN RTCsa74Rq58BfYKAJm2AEf/
1HgIDg7 zfLYXpPL4Pqlv FvyE810ZzpfzhcI2WhNI2O 1TT6pl8nXeEWbDr39TOXCf
FNBkdmXnkZ
gI0eKtXH SUiCT 8MBdee+BfO3iVLaBGTTcT ioI6Ax45ODsz5zColQz0VJb99LmjGw
AGVLf4dMLxm8WpZb Ni7RX8WLACnJAP t5MNhOee/J4 vwohQDrfQpux85HKsbQ6nFm
6Q5HKf4 l68DyPo yYvuvNSg0TlYov03G xYxEA6T4xAwgAi7ahv huEhPFexhNru/S
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Theres a world of difference between knowing who did something, and having enough proof to be able to arrest them, charge them and convict them.
That's a good point someone brought up. In the situation of ransom, how
will it ever work?
If large amount of funds are transferred by bank, they can
find and freeze the bank account.
If large amount of funds are transferred in cash,
the money can be traced so you would be caught if you use it.
So What is the the point in ransoming in the current era? There must be
something I am missing.
It is implied that in Russia there are no rights, if the government wants something or someone it doesn't think twice about getting it regardless of the ramifications.
Of course that is not much different from Western Countries, we just like to pretend otherwise.
* Winners compare their achievements to their goals, losers compare theirs to that of others.
Ransomware crypto is not that effective: Backups are good, and the problem is payment is traceable.
And RC4 isn't good for ransomware crypto, it IS broken, badly so.
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There is a only a world of difference in countries that have an independant judiciary. In Putin's Russia where the judiciary is only there to serve as a fig leaf for Putin's ambitions, there is no difference at all...
Democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the issue
Who is to say that Russian authorities are not using this coder as a cover for much more malicious activities?
No, no - they are TRYING to get him, but he lives in Georgia.
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
I'll take a stab at that one: the decryption key! <grin>
Who is to say that Russian authorities are not using this coder as a cover for much more malicious activities? All we know is that there is a virus that encrypts your data. What is it that we don't know yet?
I've read the RTFA, if you thought "Russian KGB are letting mysterious virus author do as he wishes" was too bizarre to be true you're right.
This is how it breaks down:
Implying that the KGB are the master-mind hackers of an intricate spiders web of zombie-PCs may be a little premature based on this techworld.com article..
I wish there were sites which reported computer security news like it is, without the bullshit
// MD_Update(&m,buf,j);
(Just to be 100% clear and frank "Russian Police Know Who Wrote Gpcode Virus" is just a plain lie)
// MD_Update(&m,buf,j);
It is not xenophobia, it is simply stereotyping other cultures. Not that this is the best behavior, but it is common. Here are a few others that are often seen bandied about:
Now that I've evenly offended pretty much everyone, please read the following before modding me into oblivion:
Stereotyping is what happens when somenoe only sees what little they see in the news or what little they see from video games or movies.
People from France are people (some nice, some not). People from Germany are people (some nice, some not). Etc., etc...
Point being - People are just people, but often, for convenience, people latch onto the stereotypes and just repeat those.
To be honest, for many Americans, their understanding of Russia is likely as follows:
AllOfMP3.com, Russian Mafia from movies, and the Cold War in the history books.
It's sad, I know.
Before commenting on the Bible, please read it first
Yet again the summary misleads, but it's no secret the Russian authorities don't have the resources to investigate anything of importance, and that problem leads to the iconic corruption that brings it full-circle.'
-Billco, Fnarg.com
MI6 knows who he is. They used to have pictures, but they lost them.
I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.
Well, I live in Florida, should I just drive up and get him/her? :)
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> Now that I've evenly offended pretty much everyone
I was going to complain about how my country isn't on the list, but then I realized its very omission was offending me, implying it is small and insignificant. Sir, I must congratulate you on finding such an extremely concise way of offending the dutch.