View source for ‘Project Blitzkrieg’ promises more aggressive cyberheists against U.S. banks

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|Image=vorVzakone.png
|Legend="A screen shot posted by vorVzakone, showing his Project Blitzkrieg malware server listing the number of online victims by bank."
|Link=http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/10/project-blitzkrieg-promises-more-aggressive-cyberheists-against-u-s-banks/
|Author=Brian Krebs
|NomRevue=Krebs on Security
|Date=2012-10-08
|Editor=Brian Krebs
|Year=2012
|Botnet=Prinimalka
|Abstract=Last week, security firm RSA detailed a new cybecriminal project aimed at recruiting 100 botmasters to help launch a series of lucrative online heists targeting 30 U.S. banks. RSA’s advisory focused primarily on helping financial institutions prepare for an onslaught of more sophisticated e-banking attacks, and has already received plenty of media attention. I’m weighing in on the topic because their analysis seemed to merely scratch the surface of a larger enterprise that speaks volumes about why online attacks are becoming bolder and more brash toward Western targets.

RSA wasn’t specific about where it got its intelligence, but the report’s finding appear tied to a series of communications posted to exclusive Underweb forums by a Russian hacker who uses the nickname “vorVzakone,” which translates to “thief in law.” This is an expression in Russia and Eastern Europe that refers to an entire subculture of elite criminal gangs that operate beyond the reach of traditional law enforcement. The term is sometimes also used to refer to a single criminal kingpin.
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