Hack Forums
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Type of site | Forum |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Jesse LaBrocca |
| URL | https://hackforums.net |
| Registration | Optional |
Hack Forums is the ultimate security technology and social media forum.[1] The site is founded by Jesse LaBrocca[2] under his Hackforums alias "Omniscient".[3]
Botnets and Hacking tools
On November 30, 2016, authorities across Europe coordinated the arrest of five individuals thought to be tied to the Avalanche crime gang, in an operation that the FBI and its partners abroad described as an unprecedented global law enforcement response to cybercrime. Hundreds of malicious web servers and hundreds of thousands of domains were blocked in the coordinated action.[4] On Monday, 26 February, 2018, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported[5] that Ukrainian authorities had once again collared Kapkanov, who was allegedly living under a phony passport in Poltav, a city in central Ukraine. He marketed the Remote Administration Tool (NanoCore RAT) and another software licensing program called Net Seal exclusively on Hack Forums.[6]
On September 22, 2016, majority of websites were forced offline after being hit with “Mirai,” a malware that enslaved poorly secured Internet of Things (IoT) devices.[7] The source code for Mirai was published on Hack Forums as open-source.[8] According to the federal court documents[9] unsealed Tuesday, Paras Jha (21-year-old from New Jersey), Josiah White (20-year-old Washington) and Dalton Norman (21-year-old from Louisiana) were indicted by an Alaska court last week on multiple charges for their role in massive cyber attacks conducted using Mirai botnet.[10]
On May 15, 2014, FBI targeted customers of a popular Remote Administration Tool (RAT) called 'Blackshades'.[11] Blackshades RAT was a famous piece of malware created and marketed chiefly on HackForums.[12]
According to a press release[13] from the U.S. Department of Justice, Zachary Shames developed a keylogger in 2013 that allowed users to steal sensitive information, including passwords and banking credentials, from a victim's computer. Shames developed the first versions of now-defunct keylogger known as Limitless Logger Pro, which he sold for $35 on the infamous Hack Forums.[14]
On January 14, 2016, creator of MegalodonHTTP DDoS Botnet was arrested. MegalodonHTTP included a number of features as "Binary downloading and executing", "Distributed Denial of service (DDoS) attack methods", "Remote shell", "Antivirus Disabling", "Crypto miner for Bitcoin, Litecoin, Omnicoin and Dogecoin". The malware was sold on Hack Forums as well as on the Bin4ry website.[15]
Attacks
On August 27, 2014, Hack Forums went dark with a defacement message by an Egyptian hacker with the online handle Eg-R1z.[16]
References
- ^ "Hack Forums".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Omniscient on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "Forum Staff and Admins".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "'Avalanche' Global Fraud Ring Dismantled — Krebs on Security". krebsonsecurity.com. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "Ukraine arrests 'Avalanche' cybercrime organiser: police". Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "Bot Roundup: Avalanche, Kronos, NanoCore — Krebs on Security". krebsonsecurity.com. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "Who is Anna-Senpai, the Mirai Worm Author? — Krebs on Security". krebsonsecurity.com. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "How an army of vulnerable gadgets took down the web today". The Verge. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "Justice Department Announces Charges and Guilty Pleas in Three Computer Crime Cases Involving Significant DDoS Attacks". www.justice.gov. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ https://plus.google.com/109505191482335442706/posts. "Three Hackers Plead Guilty to Creating IoT-based Mirai DDoS Botnet". The Hacker News. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help); External link in|last= - ^ Finkle, Jim. "FBI plans cyber crime crackdown, arrests coming in weeks". U.S. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "Inside HackForums' rebellious cybercrime empire - CyberScoop". Cyberscoop. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "College Student Pleads Guilty To Developing Malicious Software". www.justice.gov. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ Khandelwal, Swati. "Student Faces 10 Years In Prison For Creating And Selling Limitless Keylogger". The Hacker News. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ Khandelwal, Swati. "Creator of MegalodonHTTP DDoS Botnet Arrested". The Hacker News. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ Wei, Wang. "Popular Hackforums Website Defaced by Egyptian Hacker". The Hacker News. Retrieved 2018-06-02.