SpyEye malware creator Aleksandr Panin pleads guilty

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Prorootect

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SpyEye malware creator Aleksandr Panin pleads guilty : on grahamcluley.com : http://grahamcluley.com/2014/01/spyeye-malware-creator-aleksandr-panin-pleads-guilty/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: SecurityBloggersNetwork (Security Bloggers Network) - so GOD NEWS!
The primary developer of the notorious SpyEye banking malware has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, in relation to his role in a cybercriminal campaign that has infected over 1.4 million computers worldwide.
SpyEye, a variant of the Zeus banking Trojan, is used by criminal gangs to help them break into victims’ online bamk accounts and steal personally identifiable information. Sold on the criminal underground as a kit for between $1,000 to $8,500, hackers could take SpyEye and customise it for their own malicious purposes.
Once computers have become infected by SpyEye, online criminals are able to remotely control them, logging keystrokes and stealing personal and financial data that is silently transmitted to servers under the hackers’ control.
According to a Department of Justice press release, Russian national Aleksandr Andreevich Panin (who used the online handles “Gribodemon” and “Harderman”) has now admitted his involvement.
“The apprehension of Mr. Panin means that one of the world’s top developers of malicious software is no longer in a position to create computer programs that can victimize people around the world. Botnets such as SpyEye represent one of the most dangerous types of malicious software on the Internet today, which can steal people’s identities and money from their bank accounts without their knowledge. The FBI will continue working with partners domestically and internationally to combat cyber-crime.” .. ..

Well, we do not need this kind of developers ..
 

Fingolfin

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I wish they would all turn themselves in a plead guilty to writing malware. They are getting out of hand...
 
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Prorootect

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You're right Fingolfin! I wish them this same

Myna, hahaha good this one .. tell them that the wealth would "trickle down"!
 
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