On 10/13/07, Paul Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Most excellent. > > Brian Krebs writes in The Washington Post: > > [snip] <Map if IP's> http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/rbn.html
Does anyone know what the color coding is representative of? I assume RBN is the red ovoids, but would like to validate that. <sorry for the uninformed question but..> Is it easy to grep whois for RBN? Is the way this reporter found out which IP's they are using being kept secret due to some evasion technique? I would be willing to block them from 3 and 1/2 class B's if the information was verifiable and reliable. Its a very large representation of the Internet, but its a start. -JP<the cheesy> > > Law enforcement agencies say these kinds of Internet companies are able to > thrive in countries where the rule of law is poorly established. "It is > clear that organized cybercrime has taken root in countries that don't have > response mechanisms, laws, infrastructure and investigative support set up > to respond to the threat quickly," said Ronald K. Noble, secretary general > of Interpol, an organization that facilitates transnational law enforcement > cooperation. He declined to discuss the Russian Business Network > specifically. > > The company isn't a mainstream Internet service provider, as Comcast and > Verizon are. Rather, it specializes in offering Web sites that will remain > reachable on the Internet regardless of efforts to shut them down by law > enforcement officials -- so-called bulletproof hosting. > > Though there are thousands of Web sites that bear the Russian Business > Network name on registration records, the company is unchartered and has no > legal identity, computer security firms say. > > [snip] > > More: > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR200710120 > 2461.html > > Also: > "Taking on the Russian Business Network" > http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/10/taking_on_the_russian_bu > siness.html > > "Mapping the Russian Business Network" > http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/10/mapping_the_russian_busi > ness_n.html > > Kudos to Brian on this in-depth exposé. > > - - ferg > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) > > wj8DBQFHEERIq1pz9mNUZTMRAsS/AJ9ZNT6kFuRClhybU9lse/foEGALigCeJc6x > pLjb1z5wS45+uD7E/CJo9bY= > =dFC1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson > Engineering Architecture for the Internet > fergdawg(at)netzero.net > ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
