How Hackers Used Porn Ads to Extort Millions From Embarrassed Victims🎙Darknet Diaries Ep. 44: Zain
Source: YouTube · Jack Rhysider · published Oct 6, 2022 · 34:39
Teenage hacker Zain Qaiser used malicious ads on porn sites to distribute ransomware that displayed fake FBI warnings, extorting millions from embarrassed victims 0:02-0:32.
Key Takeaways:
• Unlike most malware that hides, ransomware loudly announces its presence by locking down computers 0:09-0:20
• Zain weaponized the Angler Exploit Kit with Reveton ransomware and distributed it through porn site advertisements 0:23-0:32
• The "Police Virus" displayed fake FBI logos and threatened criminal charges for viewing illegal content, leveraging shame to compel $200 payments via prepaid MoneyPak cards 0:33-0:45
Zain laundered over $5 million through Liberty Reserve with help from a US middleman, and was ultimately sentenced to six years in prison for blackmail, fraud, and computer misuse.
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JACK: [MUSIC] Ransomware is a special type
of malware. It’s kind of new and different compared
to other malware. While most malware is quiet, downloading silently
in the background, hiding itself from the victim, ransomware is the opposite. The moment it installs on your system, it
announces it’s there in the loudest and boldest way possible. Ransomware locks down your computer completely,
rendering it unusable. The purpose is to shout out that is has taken
over your machine and until you pay a fee, you’re not getting it back. There are so many stories right now about
businesses and government departments that are getting hit with ransomware and it costs
them hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix. Russian railways got hit, banks, hospitals,
governments, towns. The mobile phone operators …