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The Inside Story of the Kelihos Takedown
Trailrunner7 writes "Earlier this week, Microsoft released an announcement about the disruption of the Kelihos botnet that was responsible for spam messages, theft of sensitive financial information, pump-and-dump stock scams, and distributed denial-of-service attacks. The botnet had a complex, multi-tiered architecture as well as a custom communication protocol and three-level encryption. Kaspersky Lab researchers did the heavy lifting, reversing the protocol and cracking the encryption and then sink-holing the botnet. The company worked closely with Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), sharing the relevant information and providing them with access to our live botnet tracking system."
Good actions lauded yes, but scant praise can be found for a rapist that has just helped a granny across the street. Nor does a few acts of benevolence outweigh a lifetime of ill-deeds.
These items are all debatable and often subject to public opinion, but one thing is certain; for the time being we all have the right to express ourselves, being a free country and all. You have no authority to tell anyone to keep their trap shut.
- Dan.
~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.