Last of the Gozi 3 sentenced over Windows info-stealing malware ops
at the time of the 2013 arrests that"76 Service" – referring to services provided by Kuzmin in phishing attacks on victims' bank accounts – was akin to"Salesforce for bad guys."
The grudging admiration of the FBI computer experts who helped officials investigate seems to have seeped into theUnlike many cybercriminals at the time, who profited from malware solely by using it to steal money, Kuzmin rented out Gozi to other criminals, pioneering the model of cybercriminals as service providers for other criminals.
Paunescu, however, pleaded guilty only to the first count, conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. The other two charges against him, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, were dismissed by prosecutors on Monday. Gozi malware is still in widespread use by today's criminals, with its longevity chalked up partially by researchers atto an incident where the source code to the Gozi"ISFB" variant leaked some time between 2013 and 2015. The threat researchers describe it as"frighteningly lucrative, even compared to the already lucrative cybercrime market." Various forks based on ISFB, including GozNym or Dreambot, are still around today.
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