According to the Computerworld article listed here, eight hackers were investigated and arrested Monday, 19Mar12 by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), based on a joint investigation by the FSB, Group IB and and the Ministry of the Interior (MVD) of Russia. Group IB is the first Russian company providing comprehensive investigation of IT security incidents and breaches of information security.
The hackers stole $4.5 million in the last quarter alone. They used the Caberb Trojan, which utilized various vulnerabilities to access victim machines. The Trojan then used a man-in-the-middle attack to detect passwords and logins credentials. Rdpdor malware was used to establish a RDP, to see exactly what the victim's were doing or to take over their machines. It sounds so simple!
The hackers completed fraudulent transactions using the stolen credentials and sent the money to their own special account. It appears the entire hacking group was caught. The investigation took about 1.5 years to complete.
Check out Group IB's website at http://group-ib.com/news_2012_03_20.html.
Way to go, cyber guys!
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