Almost 100 Arrested In Worldwide Swoop On Blackshades Malware

MattSparkes (950531) writes "Law enforcement around the world has teamed-up to arrest 97 for buying/using Blackshades malware, which can remotely seize control of a victim's computer, access documents, record keystrokes and even activate their webcam to take surreptitious pictures and video. It is also able to encrypt files in order to extract a ransom for their release. Blackshades RAT is a commercial product costing less than $200 which was marketed as a tool to test network security. However, it is widely used by hackers and was even said by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to have been used against Syrian activists by the government in 2012."

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its a commercial trojan

[nimbius]

which is very different than Microsoft's forensic tool COFEE which is also used by a government that runs a prison torture camp in Cuba for freedom. in a totally patrio-tastic way this tool is used to investigate unamericans like Moxie Marlinspike which is also super extremely legal.