1.5 Million Stolen Facebook Accounts For Sale.

[JMH]

Cybercriminal Advertising: 1.5 Million Stolen Facebook Accounts For Sale .

Researchers at VeriSign's iDefense trolling an underground black market for stolen social networking credentials found one criminal selling a cache of 1.5 million stolen Facebook account credentials.


The seller, who goes by the handle "kirllos," is offering 1,000 Facebook accounts with 10 or less "friends" for $25, and 1,000 accounts with 10 or more "friends" for $45.

Rick Howard, director of cyber intelligence for iDefense, says the social networking booty from this one seller is the largest his firm has seen thus far. "It stood out because they were all in one place," he says.

The seller is likely an Eastern European hacker: "He's straying out of Eastern Europe and moving west a bit. They tend to sell [stolen] social networking credentials from their [region]," such as from VK's social network, which is popular in Russia, Belarus, and the Ukraine, he says.

More......
http://www.darkreading.com/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224600259&cid=RSSfeed

 

[CommonTater]

Cybercriminal Advertising: 1.5 Million Stolen Facebook Accounts For Sale .

Researchers at VeriSign's iDefense trolling an underground black market for stolen social networking credentials found one criminal selling a cache of 1.5 million stolen Facebook account credentials.


The seller, who goes by the handle "kirllos," is offering 1,000 Facebook accounts with 10 or less "friends" for $25, and 1,000 accounts with 10 or more "friends" for $45.

Rick Howard, director of cyber intelligence for iDefense, says the social networking booty from this one seller is the largest his firm has seen thus far. "It stood out because they were all in one place," he says.

The seller is likely an Eastern European hacker: "He's straying out of Eastern Europe and moving west a bit. They tend to sell [stolen] social networking credentials from their [region]," such as from VK's social network, which is popular in Russia, Belarus, and the Ukraine, he says.

More......
http://www.darkreading.com/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224600259&cid=RSSfeed

And people wonder why I don't use those sites....

 

[MadMaxData]

And people wonder why I don't use those sites....

I've never once visited the facebook site. Why in the world would anyone want to "buy" a facebook account is beyond me.

 

[smsff7]

And people wonder why I don't use those sites....

I've never once visited the facebook site. Why in the world would anyone want to "buy" a facebook account is beyond me.

Watch the facbook episode of south park might clue you in....or get you to lol

 

[Lebon14]

LOL...
Someone used my e-mail in the past to subscribe to facebook. I banned my own e-mail because I don't give a c*** about those websites. Here is another reason why we should avoid them...

 

[jimbo45]

Hi all

I gather around 90% of people using the facebook site is aged 17 or under -- why on EARTH would I want to pay for THOSE accounts.

If they are students they will usually finish college owing 20 - 30,000 EUR / USD / GBP etc and most of the rest won't have any sort of decent sized bank account -- so no real interest for "Cyber Crime" professionals.

Now if I could get access to Mr Bill Gate's bank account -- another issue entirely.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[thefabe]

Thanks for always providing interesting articles JMH. I'll ass it along to my nieces and nephews. Fabe

 

[smarteyeball]

I'll ass it along to my nieces and nephews. Fabe

Unintentional slip of personal sentiment regarding Facebook there Eric?

 

[Tews]

Sounds like a Freudian Slip ... :roflmao:

 

[Zepher]

And people wonder why I don't use those sites....

I've never once visited the facebook site. Why in the world would anyone want to "buy" a facebook account is beyond me.

easy way to trick the friends of those accounts into accepting spyware/trojans that the buyer uses to make money.