4、美国学生因编写Keylogger面临十年牢狱之灾
标题:Student Hacker Faces 10 Years in Prison For Spyware That Hit 16,000 Computers
作者信息:Saturday January 14, 2017 01:49PM By the write-a-keylogger-go-to-jail dept.
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A 21-year-old from Virginia plead guilty on Friday to writing and selling custom spyware designed to monitor a victim's keystrokes. Zachary Shames, from Great Falls, Virginia, wrote a keylogger, malware designed to record every keystroke on a computer, and sold it to more than 3,000 people who infected more than 16,000 victims with it, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
上周五,21岁的美国青年Zachary Shames被控制作和传播其定制的键盘记录器等恶意软件而被起诉。这个定制的恶意软件卖给了3000个人,感染的机器超过16000台。
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Shames, who appears to be a student at James Madison University, developed the first version of the spyware while he was still a high school student in 2013, "and continued to modify and market the illegal product from his college dorm room," according to the feds... While the feds only vaguely referred to it as "some malicious keylogger software," it appears the spyware was actually called "Limitless Keylogger Pro," according to evidence found by a security researcher who asked to remain anonymous... According to what appears to be Shames Linkedin page, he was an intern for the defense contractor Northrop Grumman from May 2015 until August 2016.
The Department of Justice announced that he'll be sentenced on June 16, and faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.
根据美国司法部表示该案件可能在今年的6月16日宣判,最多可能面临10年的徒刑。
其实该青年从2013年在其上高中时就开始编写恶意键盘记录器,并不段更新,直到其上了大学也一样,不过这时的更新通常从其宿舍发出。该青年自称其在2015年的5月到2016年的8月在一个国防部的供应商处实习。
点评:Keylogger已经是“资深”木马了,到目前为止还能传播作乱,不想点新招式,还是挺难的。 |