When we think of the millions of victims he has caused, we can only rejoice in this firm sentence...
On the web, when you receive a questionable file, you can analyze it online. Web tools like Whole virus allow this control. Thus, you find out if the file is dangerous for your machine. A Russian computer scientist, living in Latvia, offered the same service. From 2009 to 2016, Scan4you was on a mission to help the creators of malicious code fool antivirus software.
Thus, Ruslans Bondars, a 38-year-old Russian, has just been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his shop like no other. Convicted on May 16, 2018 in federal court in Alexandria. Scan4you used several antiviruses, like the principle of Virus Total.
In addition, S4Y offered the ability for hackers to run their code to determine if their virus or malware was detected during scans.
Finally, his partner, Jurijs Martisevs, arrested in Latvia, extradited to the USA in March 2018. As a reminder, Russia had accused the USA of having removed this pirate.
Scan4You versus Total Virus
Virus Total shares scanned data with antivirus companies. Scan4you indicated that it did not share information with antivirus vendors. THE US Department of Justice explains that Scan4You was used, for example, by a hacker who was able to test its malicious code. Pirate tool that will allow the theft of 40 million bank card numbers.
Another Scan4you “customer” used this service to help in the development of Citadel, a piece of malware that is believed to have infected more than 11 million computers worldwide. The Citadel developer has taken advantage of a special Scan4you feature. It allowed its direct integration into the Citadel malware toolkit via a dedicated API). The API tool allowed Scan4you users to analyze malware without having to submit directly to Scan4you.
"Ruslans Bondars helped malware developers attack US companies, says Deputy Attorney General Benczkowski. The Department of Justice and its law enforcement partners make no distinction between service providers like Scan4You and the hackers they help. We will hold them accountable for any significant harms and work to bring them to justice."
source: Zataz.com
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