[SecurityRatty] tag: hardcore

Email Hacking Going Commercial - Part Two

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:31:54 +0000

Malware authors seeking financial gains from releasing their trojans often promote them as Remote Access Tools, which if we exclude the built-in anti-sandboxing and antivirus software killing capabilities, could pass for a RAT. In a similar deceptive fashion, email hacking services are pitched as email password recovery services.

Hacking as a Service sites seems to be popping out like mushrooms these days, thanks primarily due to the fact that yesterday's script kiddies are today's entrepreneurs trying to even monetize the process of bruteforcing. Here's their pitch :

"Well.. There is nothing different in our services. Like other group, we simply crack email addresses , and provide you the current password used by the victim to you for a suitable price. Nothing unique that we can brag about.... We don't hack NASA or CIA , we cannot hack a bank and steal a million dollars.. We just crack email password .. AND WE DO A HECK OF A JOB IN IT !! We cannot be as presentable as the other groups, trying to look as formal and corporate, as if they are running a Major Corporate Office. However they present it...password retrieval, online investigation.. access recovery...blah blah blah.. the most simplest way to put it is.. : Email Password Cracking: !! And since everyone else is busy faking it, or trying to be more presentable, we utilize our skills to get you what you want.. i.e. THE EMAIL PASSWORD. No buttering up, no marketing skills.. plain hardcore hacking !! So, since you now know what we do , and want us to do the job for you, please proceed to the order page for your relevant TARGET EMAIL and submit your request. All said and done, we will get the elusive password & send you a couple of proofs. You decide upon the authenticity of the proofs, and let us know if you are comfortable going ahead with the payment. PAY US, AND YOU GET THE PASSWORD !And as they say......."

How much are they charging for the bruteforcing? $150 for starters, which is prone to increase due to their bla bla bla about how sophisticated it was to obtain the password - given they actually manage to deliver the goods :

"Many groups charge a fixed price for an email cracking. We undertake more kinds of projects than anyone else. Frankly, each email is a different project in itself. We cannot charge you $100, for something which we can do for $50. Subsequently, we cannot charge you $100, for something which should be priced at $200. But we charge a minimum of $150 USD so that we end up taking orders from ONLY those who really need it. It is a small amount for the level of satisfaction, facts/truth and relief that you would ultimately achieve from this.It depends upon the nature of the job, the accessibility factor. and many other reasons likes:-

1- The email service provider
2- The target itself. How net-savvy he/she is.
3- Complexity of the password
4- Urgency of job and many other things collectively.

We will let you know our charges once we have the desired results only. Be assured, we wont charge you the moon. We charge only what we deserve, and is acceptable by you. Trust us !!"

Some of their answers to the frequently asked questions :

" - Who are you? Where are you from?
We are Hire2Hack Group. Member of our group are students in information technology, at some university in England, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, Canada, Brasilia and at United States of America.

- What services do you provide?
We can hack ANY EMAIL password for you very fast, reliable, secure and worldwide for a suitable price.

- Can you really hack password or just a making a shit scam?
Well, lot of people, lot of groups, companies do this service, but not guaranteed. This is only you can choose which group you want to Order. Be careful with these people. You can believe only on them who claims to provide proof before you really pay them.

- Is there any tool available to crack password?
Yes there is. And we are not giving it to you.

- How long does it takes to crack a password?
Each account is different and hacking time vary. On average, it might take about 1 to 3 days, but it may take anywhere from 24 hours to 30 days or more depending on how difficult is the hacking of each account.

- How can I believe you, that you got password?
We will provide you some good proofs before requesting you to pay us. The proof can be anything, you can decide what kind proof you need.

- Is there person will know that his/her email id has been cracked?
No, we provide you only the original password. That mean the current active password. Your victim/target will not realized that she/he has been hacked. NEVER, we said !

- How I will pay you, I do not have credit card or I do not want to give my credit card number on net?
Well, you can use international money transfer service such as Western Union (www.westernunion.com) or Money Gram (www.moneygram.com). These services immediate transfer money on same day or same hour. You can locate their agents in yours area from their website.

- Do I have to give you my password?
No. Any service which requires your password is simply trying to scam you out of access to your account.

- How will I know you really have the password?
We will show you the proofs.. which are mostly convincing.

- Since you have the password anyway, will you give it to me?
NO. Do not waste your time or ours. We will not release the password until full payment is made - no exceptions. We have had people request our service and once we recover the password, they reset the subject account then ask us for the original password so they can reset it back - the answer will be no. We have also had people ask if they could have the password since we've already recovered it and they cannot pay - the answer will be no. No password will be released until payment has been made in full - no exceptions.

- Will you recover more than one password? Can I request more than one email account?
Yes, but a separate request must be filled out for each one as you will only be billed for each successful recovery. If we have previously recovered a password for you and you have not paid, we will not begin any new request for you until your previous request is paid in full with exceptions for our established clientele. We charge at minimum US $100 for each account hacked.

- Do you reset or change the current password?
No. We do not try to guess the current password or the secret question's answer, we do not change their password. We give you only the Original password, which the victim is currently using.

- Is this confidential? Do you share my information with anyone else?
No, Not at all, Not in any case, its a trust between you and us. Your information will be respected as long as you abide by our Terms and Conditions and Privacy policy. We keep your personal records and requests confidential in our database but we respect your right to privacy and will not rent, share, sell, or trade any personal information unless required by law. But, if you engage in any spamming or fraudulent actives, Your information will be given to the appropriate authorities."

So you've got script kiddies cracking email addresses and probably engaging in the rest of the usual cybercrime activities, who are spam sensitive, and would expose their customers if they start spamming from the cracked emails? Now that's socially responsible, isn't it.

Targeted attacks are sexy, but bruteforcing email accounts no matter the number of proxies and wordlists that they have access to is so irrelevant, that social engineering a potential victim into infecting herself with malware through a live exploit URL seems to be the method of choice, next to a plain simple phishing email of course. In this case, what they're asking for in respect to the victim's details is the victim's country and victim's language, so that a localized social engineering or phishing attack can take place. However, this particular group seems to be using a standard bruteforcing tool.

One thing's for sure - cybercrime is getting easier to outsource, and with potential customers starting to have access to services they didn't a couple of years ago, fake scammers are also emerging in between the real ones.

Over 80 percent of Storm Worm Spam Sent by Pharmaceutical Spam Kings

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:29:54 +0000

It used to be a case where a botnet would be used for a single purpose, spamming, phishing, or malware spreading. At a later stage, the steady supply of malware infected allowed botnet masters more opportunities to "sacrifice" the clean IP reputation and engage in several malicious activities simultaneously - today's underground multitasking improving the monetization of what used to be commodity goods and services.

Today, a botnet will not only be sending out phishing emails, automatically SQL inject vulnerable sites across the web, but also, provide fast-flux infrastructure to money mule recruitment services, all of this for the sake of optimizing the efficiency provided by the botnet in general. This optimization makes it possible for a single botnet to be partitioned and access it it sold and resold so many times, that it would be hard to keep track of all the malicious activities it participates in. Cybercrime in between on multiple fronts using a single botnet is only starting to take place as concept.

That's the case with Stormy Wormy, according to IronPort whose "Researchers Link Storm Botnet to Illegal Pharmaceutical Sales" :

"Our previous research revealed an extremely sophisticated supply chain behind the illegal pharmacy products shipped after orders were placed on botnet-spammed Canadian pharmacy websites. But the relationship between the technology-focused botnet masters and the global supply chain organizations was murky until now," said Patrick Peterson, vice president of technology at IronPort and a Cisco fellow. "Our research has revealed a smoking gun that shows that Storm and other botnet spam generates commissionable orders, which are then fulfilled by the supply chains, generating revenue in excess of (US)$150 million per year."

Murky until now? I can barely see in the room due to all the smoke coming from the smoking guns of who's what, what's when, and who's done what with who, especially in respect to Storm Worm whose multitasking on different fronts in the first stages of their appearance online made it possible to establish links between several different malware groups and the "upstream hosting providers", until the botnet scaled enough making it harder to keep track of all of their activities.

The Storm Worm-ers themselves aren't sending out pharma spam, the customers to whom they've sold access to parts of Storm Worm are the ones sending the pharma spam. Here's a brief analysis published in May - "Storm Worm Hosting Pharmaceutical Scams". What's in it for the scammers? Income based on a revenue-sharing affiliate program, a pharmacy affiliate program has been around for several years :

"This criminal organization recruits botnet spamming partners to advertise their illegal pharmacy websites, which receive a 40 percent commission on sales orders. The organization offers fulfillment of the pharmaceutical product orders, credit card processing and customer support services"

What's coming out of Storm Worm's botnet isn't necessarily coming from the hardcore Storm Worm-ers whose job today is more of a campaign-rotation related in order to ensure new bots are added, what's coming out of Storm Worm is coming from those using the access they've purchased to a part of the botnet.

Related posts:
Storm Worm Hosting Pharmaceutical Scams
All You Need is Storm Worm's Love
Social Engineering and Malware
Storm Worm Switching Propagation Vectors
Storm Worm's use of Dropped Domains
Offensive Storm Worm Obfuscation
Storm Worm's Fast Flux Networks
Storm Worm's St. Valentine Campaign
Storm Worm's DDoS Attitude
Riders on the Storm Worm
The Storm Worm Malware Back in the Game

The Ayyildiz Turkish Hacking Group VS Everyone

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:48:38 +0000

Certain hacktivist groups often come and go by the time the momentum of their particular cause is long gone. Excluding the hardcore hacktivists who are obliged to defend their country's infrastructure and reputation on the international scene, smart enough to do on one front, there are certain hacktivist groups who ensure their future existence by declaring war and every single country that has ever made statements in contradiction with their vision. Quite a stimulating factor for ensuring the future of your script kiddies group, isn't it?

One of these groups is the AYYILDIZ TEAM, a group of Turkish script kiddies who've been pretty active as of recently, targeting everyone, everywhere, leaving statements like the following :

"Me, as AYT-Admin Barbaros, swear to everything which is lovely and holy to me, that you will pay for your actions. We, AYT, as a Cyber Attacking Army will make it sure. Read right, what will we do:

* The government websites will be inaccessible an all lawsuits will be manipulated
* We will infiltrate the server of inland revenues for the manipulation of the data which are there.
* At the same time we will insist into the server of banks and will care for chaos
* Websites of the press will be extinguished.
* If the offence of our prophet (s.a.v.) called your press freedom, we will show you this press freedom
* Websites of divers shops will be hacked. Databank information's and the dates which are there, for example credit card dates, will be policed in this page. (Don't worry, we wouldn't taste one cent of your moneys, we aren't thieves like you. However we don't take care of what happens, if other hackers see this dates and empty your account)"

While this may sound inspiring, some of the group's members are also involved in SQL injections in between the web site defacements, which are naturally done by exploiting web application vulnerabilities. For instance, right after the defacement messages, they are also injecting the following fast-fluxed domains, part of the latest wave of SQL injections attacks.

bkpadd.mobi /ngg.js
usaadw.com /ngg.js
cliprts.com /ngg.js

They are monetizing their defacements by either compiling lists of sites known to be SQL injectable since they've managed to defaced them, then reselling these to the SQL injectors, or are in fact part of the whole process in this scammy ecosystem. Speaking of SQL injections, here's the most recent list of fast-fluxed SQL injected domains participating in the last wave that I've been keeping track of for a while :

pyttco .com/ngg.js
butdrv .com/ngg.js
gitporg .com/ngg.js
brcporb .ru/ngg.js
korfd .ru/ngg.js
adwnetw .com/ngg.js
wowofmusiopl .com.cn/456.js
adwbn .ru/ngg.js
btoperc .ru/ngg.js
nudk .ru/ngg.js
bkpadd .mobi/ngg.js
cliprts .com/ngg.js
adwr .ru/ngg.js
bnrc .ru/ngg.js
adpzo .com/ngg.js
iogp .ru/ngg.js
lodse .ru/ngg.js
usabnr .com/ngg.js
vcre .ru/ngg.js
sdkj .ru/ngg.js
rcdplc .ru/ngg.js
7maigol .cn/ri.js
j8heisi .cn/ri.js
usaadp .com/ngg.js
gbradp .com/ngg.js
cdrpoex .com/ngg.js
rrcs .ru/ngg.js
gbradw .com/ngg.js
hiwowpp .cn/ri.js
cdport .eu/ngg.js
nopcls .com/ngg.js
loopadd .com/ngg.js
tertad .mobi/ngg.js
gbradde .tk/ngg.js
tctcow .com/ngg.js
ausbnr .com/ngg.js
movaddw .com/ngg.js
grtsel .ru/ngg.js
sslwer .ru/ngg.js
destad .mobi/ngg.js
hdrcom .com/ngg.js
addrl .com/ngg.js
porttw .mobi/ngg.js
bnsdrv .com/ngg.js
drvadw .com/ngg.js
crtbond .com/ngg.js
usaadw .com/ngg.js

What used to be plain simple cooperating among every single participant in the underground marketplace, seems to be evolving into long-term business relationships.

Related posts:
Monetizing Compromised Web Sites
Monetizing Web Site Defacements
Underground Multitasking in Action
Right Wing Israeli Hackers Deface Hamas's Site
Pro-Serbian Hacktivists Attacking Albanian Web Sites
The Rise of Kosovo Defacement Groups
A Commercial Web Site Defacement Tool
Phishing Tactics Evolving
Web Site Defacement Groups Going Phishing
Hacktivism Tensions
Hacktivism Tensions - Israel vs Palestine Cyberwars
Mass Defacement by Turkish Hacktivists
Overperforming Turkish Hacktivists

Mobile Malware Scam iSexPlayer Wants Your Money

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:42:00 +0000

A bogus media player (iSexPlayer.jar) targeting Symbian S60 3rd edition devices according to several affected parties, is currently being spammed through blackhat search engine optimization. Once infected upon confirming its execution since it's doesn't seem to be exploiting a specific vulnerability besides "bargain hunters" desire for free adult material, the malware attempts to trick the user into participating by becoming a member, however, a quick peek the source code reveals interesting facts about the scam.

For instance, once providing them with your credit card details and basically wanting to try out the service, it appears that there's no way out of it which is a problem since "Trial membership recur at $US 29.95 unless cancelled, Monthly membership recur unless cancelled" and also, "Do you want full access to all pictures and videos? Cost is 2 Euros, charged 100% descreet on your phone bill over SMS. Please allow iSexPlayer to send SMS".

The spammed through blackhat SEO sites are currently active, and perhaps a bit ironic, once you make any transaction with these people, anything that goes on at a later stage such as automatic calling or sms-sing to squeeze your bill, may be in fact legal since you authorized it.

Symbian Freak has some details, as well as an affected party :

"Last week, I had lend my N73 to one of my friends for use as he had lost his phone. I did not know what he did, but I checked my bills today and see some International calls made that amount to around 20USD. That is around 800 Indian rupees. To check, I called the number and learnt that it was a phone sex line. Now it was time for my friend to answer. The thirteen calls were made during a period spanning two days. On an average there were 7 calls a day. Now, the thing that struck me is, going by the call records, the calls on the second day were made when I had the phone with me. I am pretty sure no one dialled the numbers. I called my buddy and asked him if he had downloaded something. He then spilled the beans informing that he did go to some adult website and installed a software (I do not recall the name)."

The name of the "software" as I've already pointed out is iSexPlayer. Let's dissect the scammers and their sites currently spammed across 100,000 sites using blackhat SEO tactics. Related domains sharing the same IP and internal pages :

3g6.se
3gx.se
conn2.3g6.se
conn2.3g6.se
test.3gx.se

83.241.194.132 (83.241.194.128-83.241.194.191 DGC-DIRECT2-01 Direct2Internet AB - Internet Access Located in Johanneshov, Sweden)

3g6.se/dstream.php
3g6.se/newplayerdl.php
3g6.se/chrono/callback.php
secure.chronopay.com/index.cgi

The scammer's pitch :

"Free access to: - 500 Hardcore scenes - 100 Full lenght movies - Picture galleries Important! To install iSexplayer you must be at least 18 years old. You must install and run iSexplayer™ access module to watch the videos on Nintendo DS, You must install and run iSexplayer™ access module to watch the videos on Apple iPhone, Install iSexplayer"

Upon attempting to download the .jar file from the mobile page, the iSexPlayer.php does the magic like that :

"MIDlet-1: iSexPlayer,/icon.png,Easyloader
MIDlet-Install-Notify: http://3g6.se/install_notify.php?id=1322451
MIDlet-Jar-Size: 101313
MIDlet-Jar-URL: http://3g6.se/iSexPlayer.jar
MIDlet-Name: iSexPlayer
MIDlet-Vendor: Vendor
MIDlet-Version: 1.0
MicroEdition-Configuration: CLDC-1.0
MicroEdition-Profile: MIDP-2.0
did: 1322451
did2: 9416755"

Who's behind the scam?

"c_javax_microedition_lcdui_Form_fld.append("\niSexPlayer is owned by: ");
c_javax_microedition_lcdui_Form_fld.append("\nEnit Invest S.L. ");
c_javax_microedition_lcdui_Form_fld.append("\nweb: enitinvest.com ");
c_javax_microedition_lcdui_Form_fld.append("\nemail: support@enitinvest.com ");
c_javax_microedition_lcdui_Form_fld.append("\nTel: 1-800-845-4951 ");"

Enit Invest S.L.
Av. Machupichu 26, S 18
28043 Madrid
email: support@enitinvest.com
Tel: 1-800-845-4951

And since I'm sure that there are more juicy details within the source code further exposing their scammy practices, which you should not authorize in any way, just like you wouldn't really like making a long call on a premium rate number thanks to having a malware infected phone, once more details are gathered, particularly its compatibility with devices, they'll be posted.

Ironkey High Security Flash Drive: Use and Review

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:48:42 +0000

New Video:Ironkey High Security Flash Drive: Use and Review
The Ironkey is a high security thumb drive designed to provide strong AES encryption, tamper resistance and other security services. I’d seen the Ironkey advertised quite a bit, and even read about its crypto systems and ruggedness, but was left wondering about how it works in operation. Since the hardcore tech side has been covered elsewhere, I’ll concentrate on the Ironkey’s usability and features. Some of the topics covered will include: How is the drive mounted without admin privileges in Windows? How is it mounted in Linux? How does the “Self Destruct” feature work? What is Secure Sessions? How is the Ironkey better than just using Truecrypt? I made this video to answer those sorts of questions for myself and others. If you want more details on the crypto involved, see the links section at the end of this video. The model I will be working with is the 1GB Ironkey Personal. I’ll show its use and give my opinions on the device.

By the way, you may notice that I'm making fewer posts over the next month or so. I'll be busy studying for the GRE, wish me luck.

Backdoording Cyber Jihadist Ebooks for Surveillance Purposes

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:06:38 +0000

It appears that cyber jihadists are striking back at the academic and intelligence community, by binding their propaganda Ebooks with malware, then distributing them across different forums, thanks to a recently analyzed Ebook entitled "The Al-Qaeda network's timely entrance in Palestine" distributed by the Global Islamic Media Front - hat tip to Warintel.

If it were posted by a newly joined forum member, it would have logically raises the suspicion that it's in fact intelligence agencies spreading malware infected Ebooks around cyber jihadist forums, but it's since this one in particular is being distributed by what looks like a hardcore cyber jihadist, it brings the discussion to a whole new level.

What are they trying to achive? Abuse the already established trust of their readers and cyber jihadist supporters in order to snoop on their Internet activities, or it's the academic and intelligence community they are trying to monitor? In times when botnets can be rented and created on demand, they seem to be more interested in infecting their enemies. Moreover, I suspect that prior to the forum posting, private messages and emails were automatically sent to notify members whose number of posts at the forum greate outpace those of average observers, perhaps the target in such an attack.

The malware is detected by 9 out of 33 antivirus scanners as Trojan.Midgare.gra. Consider reading a previous post on "Terror on the Internet - Conflict of Interest" as well as through the related posts summarizing all the cyber jihadist research I've conducted so far.

Show 020 - An Interview with Markus Jakobsson

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:32:45 +0000

For the landmark 20th episode of The Silver Bullet Security Podcast, Gary interviews Markus Jakobsson, soon to be a reseacher at PARC after a stint as an Associate Professor of Informatics and associate director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research at Indiana University. Gary and Markus discuss the difference between academic and corporate research, the idea of “perfect privacy,” moving from hardcore cryptography to sociology, how reality is mimicking phishers, and how cartoons can be used to teach security. In addition, Markus mentions the best place in Southeast Asia to get a haircut.

Phishing and Countermeasures
Using Cartoons to Teach Internet Security