Be Aware!! Russian DDOS Hacker Ivan Ivanov of Khabarovsk

[Jim Ohlstein]

On 8/12/11 1:28 PM, Valery Kholodkov wrote:
> If things are so complex, could you at least ban him?

I don't understand what you see as being "complex". It's pretty
straightforward actually. As it happens though, I banned him and his IP
hours ago, before I even made my reply. It won't stop him from
re-registering with a new email and IP, or simply joining the mailing
list. Continuing to reply to this thread will, however, give him the
attention that he desires. I suggest that everyone let the thread die.

I hope my comments about origins of DDoS attacks are not hurting
people's feelings, but the truth is often inconvenient. Russian botnets
are often used in DDoS extortion schemes. This is surely neither the
place nor the time to discuss it, and I'll be happy to discuss it
privately with you anytime, but Russian based "botnets for hire" are
widely known to exist and are available for this purpose. This is
neither rumor nor innuendo. It's fact. Here's one of *many* references
to such gangs:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/230500126

As I said, perhaps this is an inconvenient truth, but still it's a fact.
Also, as I said, there are criminals everywhere, including in my country.


> 
> Jim Ohlstein wrote:
>> On 8/12/11 6:34 AM, Valery Kholodkov wrote:
>>> Sounds like a dark PR of Amazon Cloud Services. Well, I can image,
>>> hating Russians is profitable...
>>
>> I don't think this has anything to do with Amazon.
>>
>>> Would it be possible to tell me your name, residence address and
>>> occupation please?
>>
>> I can tell you that he uses a proxy server in Texas, but my best guess
>> is he's from Hong Kong based on his email domain.
>>
>> I don't know his motives but such stories of DDoS attacks originating in
>> states of the former Soviet Union, and in China for that matter, are not
>> that uncommon. In fact, the huge recent DDoS attack on WordPress.com was
>> based in China. So maybe we shouldn't trust Chinese either. (j/k)
>> However, there are criminals everywhere.
>>
>>> ----- ex2501 <nginx-forum at nginx.us> wrote:
>>>> Since last week, Our website SuntekStore.com  has been under DDOS
>>>> (Distributed Denial Of Service)attack by someone who goes by the
>>>> name of
>>>> Ivan Alekseevich Ivanov from Khabarovsk, Russia and he demanded $3,500
>>>> to stop the attack. We ignored him and decided to try Amazon Cloud
>>>> Service.
>>>>
>>>> Please beware of Russians!! I also searched the Internet for better
>>>> ways
>>>> to prevent DDOS ATTACK. All I got was 'prevention is better than
>>>> cure'. It said that DDOS happens because of vulnerable
>>>> softwares/applications
>>>> running on a machines in a particular network. If there is any good
>>>> idea, please tell me here:)
>>>>
>>>> First Name - Ivan Alekseevich
>>>> Last Name - Ivanov
>>>> country - Russia City - Khabarovsk
>>>> zhakkab at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Above is what we know about the hacker.
> 


-- 
Jim Ohlstein