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Base Technologies: One Hacker's Tools
By Baselinemag
2006-04-06
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Jeanson James Ancheta's botnet-for-profit operation was built with readily available hardware and software.Jeanson James Ancheta—a.k.a. Resili3nt—used readily available software and hardware to create a botnet-for-profit of at least 400,000 infected computers that netted him at least $60,000.
| APPLICATION |
PRODUCT |
SUPPLIER |
| Bot code |
Modified versions of bot code from Rxbot,Lca3.exe, Winun.exe, Wininst.exe
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Various Web sites that provide free downloads plus Ancheta's own coding and reverse-engineering of other malicious code |
| Online communications |
Internet Relay Chat channels |
IRC.org |
| Hardware |
Laptops |
IBM, Toshiba, eMachines |
| Web servers |
Rented server space |
Sago Networks, FDC Servers, EasyDedicated |
| Internet access SBC, Adelphia |
Broadband connections |
Cable |
| Payment mechanisms |
Online payment service Online bank account |
PayPal Wells Fargo |
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SOURCE: Indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles
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