Spam Botnets – Darknet Diaries
Common Information
Type Value
UUID b7c3a1c4-c9c0-49ae-9ff0-be20a64d81dd
Fingerprint 71081b7d8bf0fdfd
Analysis status DONE
Considered CTI value 0
Text language
Published Feb. 8, 2022, midnight
Added to db Sept. 26, 2022, 9:33 a.m.
Last updated Nov. 17, 2024, 5:57 p.m.
Headline EP 110: Spam Botnets
Title Spam Botnets – Darknet Diaries
Detected Hints/Tags/Attributes 51/2/146
Source URLs
Attributes
Details Type #Events CTI Value
Details Domain 3
juniper.net
Details Domain 6
cybereason.com
Details Domain 132
www.sophos.com
Details Domain 5
cseweb.ucsd.edu
Details Domain 16
www.pandasecurity.com
Details Domain 10
www.cyber.nj.gov
Details Domain 202
krebsonsecurity.com
Details Domain 15
www.wired.co.uk
Details Domain 8
www.trendmicro.co.uk
Details Domain 1
www.nominet.uk
Details Domain 1
www.m86security.com
Details Domain 57
www.theregister.com
Details Domain 622
en.wikipedia.org
Details Domain 184
www.fireeye.com
Details Domain 39
www.wsj.com
Details Domain 1
shop.sourcebooks.com
Details Domain 9
phys.org
Details Domain 19
www.politico.com
Details Domain 403
securelist.com
Details Domain 177
www.wired.com
Details Domain 1
www.wuwm.com
Details Domain 44
www.bloomberg.com
Details Domain 1
www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk
Details Domain 98
www.secureworks.com
Details Domain 604
www.trendmicro.com
Details Domain 41
www.bbc.co.uk
Details Domain 138
www.darkreading.com
Details Domain 15
news.bbc.co.uk
Details Domain 110
doi.org
Details Domain 145
threatpost.com
Details Domain 281
docs.microsoft.com
Details Domain 41
blogs.microsoft.com
Details Domain 124
www.nytimes.com
Details Domain 2
www.forbes.ru
Details Domain 3
www.cnews.ru
Details Domain 2
safe.cnews.ru
Details Domain 216
www.symantec.com
Details Domain 66
www.washingtonpost.com
Details Domain 1
nabp.pharmacy
Details Domain 1
www.safemedicines.org
Details Domain 1
playlist.megaphone.fm
Details File 1
samosseikovb2009paper.pdf
Details File 17
en.pdf
Details File 1
usenixsec12.pdf
Details File 1
botnet-chronicles-whitepaper-en.pdf
Details File 1
spam-nation-meet-the-russian-cybercrooks-behind-the-digital-threats-in-your-inbox.html
Details File 1
spam-to-russian-botnet-criminals.html
Details File 1
m86_labs_report_jan2010.pdf
Details File 1
silent-rustock.html
Details File 1
spam-nation.html
Details File 1
2012-08-usenix.html
Details File 1
www0.cs
Details File 1
saito_botnet.pdf
Details File 2
oakland11.pdf
Details File 252
www.cs
Details File 1
4-reasons-it-s-getting-harder-to-find-and-fight-them.html
Details File 1
killing-the-beast.html
Details File 1
killing-the-beast-part-5.html
Details File 1
6298641.stm
Details File 1
microsoft-takes-down-277-waledac-botnet-domains.htm
Details File 1
harvesters-asiaccs2014.pdf
Details File 1
infiltrating-pushdo-part-2-2.html
Details File 1
chasing-cncs-part1.html
Details File 1
rustocks-new-home.html
Details File 1
mccolo-up-again.html
Details File 1
27spam.html
Details File 1
ar2008111200658.html
Details File 1
rogue-rx-activity-report-may-2020.pdf
Details File 72
www.safe
Details File 1
nabp-fake-pharmacies-and-covid-19.html
Details Url 3
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/pdfs/technical
Details Url 1
https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~apitsill/papers/usenixsec12.pdf
Details Url 1
https://www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/security/what-is-a-botnet
Details Url 1
https://www.cyber.nj.gov/threat-center/threat-profiles/botnet-variants/cutwail
Details Url 1
https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/0bulk-psyche-evolution
Details Url 1
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284219242_master_of_puppets_analyzing_and_attacking_a_botnet_for_fun_and_profit
Details Url 1
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/infoporn-rise-and-fall-of-uks-biggest-spammer
Details Url 1
https://www.trendmicro.co.uk/media/wp/botnet-chronicles-whitepaper-en.pdf
Details Url 1
https://www.nominet.uk/the-cutwail-spam-delivery-service
Details Url 1
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/01/pharma-wars-google-the-cutwail-botmaster
Details Url 1
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228415809_the_underground_economy_of_spam_a_botmaster
Details Url 1
https://slate.com/technology/2014/11/spam-nation-meet-the-russian-cybercrooks-behind-the-digital-threats-in-your-inbox.html
Details Url 1
https://www.networkworld.com/article/2260053/experts-link-flood-of–canadian-pharmacy–spam-to-russian-botnet-criminals.html
Details Url 1
https://www.m86security.com/newsimages/trace/m86_labs_report_jan2010.pdf
Details Url 1
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2009/06/ftc-shuts-down-notorious-rogue-internet-service-provider-3fn
Details Url 1
https://www.theregister.com/2011/03/23/rustock_takedown_analysis
Details Url 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rustock_botnet
Details Url 1
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2010/10/silent-rustock.html
Details Url 1
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bl-dgb-22173
Details Url 1
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2011/03/how-operation-b107-decapitated-the-rustock-botnet
Details Url 1
https://shop.sourcebooks.com/spam-nation.html
Details Url 1
https://phys.org/news/2012-08-usenix.html
Details Url 1
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/pharma-spam-113562
Details Url 1
https://securelist.com/the-botnet-business/36209
Details Url 1
https://www.wired.com/2006/08/spamking
Details Url 1
https://www.wuwm.com/post/how-feud-between-two-russian-companies-fueled-spam-nation
Details Url 1
https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/drug-prices
Details Url 1
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/03/20-years-of-viagra/556343/#:
Details Url 1
http://www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/g.stringhini/papers/saito_botnet.pdf
Details Url 1
https://www.secureworks.com/research/pushdo
Details Url 1
https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/cutwail
Details Url 1
https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/pushdo-cutwail-botnet-second-to-none-when-it-comes-to-spamming
Details Url 1
https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/which-botnet-is-worst-report-offers-new-perspective-on-spam-growth/d/d-id/1132055?
Details Url 1
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/02/whos-behind-the-worlds-largest-spam-botnet/#more
Details Url 2
http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~savage/papers/oakland11.pdf
Details Url 1
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/spam-nation-cybercrime-and-spam-are-far-bigger-security-threats-than-you-think
Details Url 1
https://securelist.com/spam-report-june-2011/36375
Details Url 1
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2123967/botnets–4-reasons-it-s-getting-harder-to-find-and-fight-them.html
Details Url 1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/technology-15776973
Details Url 1
https://www.darkreading.com/risk/inside-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-botnets/d/d-id/1135416
Details Url 1
https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/major-disruption-of-pushdo-botnet-wasnt-the-original-goal/d/d-id/1134253
Details Url 1
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224110468_malware_authors_don
Details Url 1
https://www.secureworks.com/research/waledac-kelihos-botnet-takeover
Details Url 1
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2009/06/killing-the-beast.html
Details Url 1
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2012/07/killing-the-beast-part-5.html
Details Url 1
https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-sinkholing
Details Url 1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6298641.stm
Details Url 1
https://doi.org/10.2147/dhps.s46232
Details Url 1
https://threatpost.com/waledac-botnet-now-completely-crippled-experts-say-031610/73694
Details Url 1
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/microsoft_on_the_issues/cracking-down-on-botnets
Details Url 1
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2010/09/08/r-i-p-waledac-undoing-the-damage-of-a-botnet
Details Url 1
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2011/03/17/taking-down-botnets-microsoft-and-the-rustock-botnet
Details Url 1
https://www.crn.com/news/security/223100744/microsoft-takes-down-277-waledac-botnet-domains.htm?itc=refresh
Details Url 1
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sb10001424052748704240004575086523786147014
Details Url 1
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/jill-dando-institute/sites/jill-dando-institute/files/harvesters-asiaccs2014.pdf
Details Url 1
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2010/08/infiltrating-pushdo-part-2-2.html
Details Url 1
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2010/08/chasing-cncs-part1.html
Details Url 1
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2008/11/rustocks-new-home.html
Details Url 1
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2008/11/mccolo-up-again.html
Details Url 1
https://www.theregister.com/2011/06/27/chronopay_arrests
Details Url 1
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/08/pavel-vrublevsky-sentenced-to-2-5-years
Details Url 1
https://www.theregister.com/2014/06/04/hacker_hired_to_build_russias_national_payment_system_report
Details Url 1
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/business/27spam.html
Details Url 1
https://www.forbes.ru/sp_data/2014/sex_drugs_and_rockn_roll/#gl_1
Details Url 1
https://www.cnews.ru/news/top/spamer_1_schitaetchto_ego_travit
Details Url 1
https://safe.cnews.ru/news/top/russkaya_spamset_glavmed_zarabotala
Details Url 1
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/rx-partners-09192017
Details Url 1
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/glavmed-09192017
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https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/rx-partners-06082015
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http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/recent-drop-global-spam-volumes-what-happened
Details Url 1
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/ar2008111200658.html
Details Url 1
https://www.wired.com/2017/04/fbi-took-russias-spam-king-massive-botnet
Details Url 1
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-who-operated-kelihos-botnet-pleads-guilty-fraud-conspiracy-computer-crime
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https://nabp.pharmacy/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/rogue-rx-activity-report-may-2020.pdf
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https://www.safemedicines.org/2020/06/nabp-fake-pharmacies-and-covid-19.html
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https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=adv1493915926