Cybercrooks are selling the source code for the Carberp banking Trojan toolkit through underground forums - at just $5,000 a pop. The sale of the building blocks for the banking Trojan toolkit is a sign of "conflict within the team", according to Andrey Komarov of Russian security firm Group-IB. "Some of the members would …

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Tuesday 18th June 2013 13:34 GMT Pie

5Gb seems very large

Out of interest does anyone know what would get it to be that size?

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1. Tuesday 18th June 2013 13:50 GMT Frederic Bloggs
  
  Re: 5Gb seems very large
  
  Password cracking rainbow tables?
  
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2. Wednesday 19th June 2013 18:54 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
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  Probably a spiked version of Debbie Does Dallas XIV with a "click to install" Trojan codec included as a, errr.. proof of concept.
  
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Tuesday 18th June 2013 13:40 GMT Anonymous Coward

"Forum user "madeinrm" states that he is offering the source code for sale because someone else using the nickname "batman" had already passed on the source code to a third party, apparently against madeinrm's approval."

You just can't trust these crooks!

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1. Tuesday 18th June 2013 13:49 GMT AbelSoul
  
  Re: You just can't trust these crooks!
  
  Honour among thieves, etc.
  
  If it's good enough for Jeffrey Archer.....
  
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Tuesday 18th June 2013 15:02 GMT Yet Another Anonymous coward

Can I buy online

Just put my bank details into their site

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Tuesday 18th June 2013 17:25 GMT Herby

Find a customer?

Maybe they want to sell to law enforcement at $5k each. Maybe if it gets published, the originators will sure for copyright infringement. Do I need an activation key? Is there any guarantee?

Big Bux are mine for the taking?

Ah, if it were so simple. Now if they put their minds to more productive ("How about a nice game of chess?") endeavors they might actually make an honest dollar or two.

So, I say to a buyer: "A fool and his money are soon parted!".

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Tuesday 18th June 2013 21:15 GMT Anonymous Coward

The best way to rob a bank

is to own it.

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Wednesday 19th June 2013 14:32 GMT Robert Helpmann??

Every Last Drop

Does this mean that the next generation of malware tools will be coming out soon and this is an attempt to milk this resource for whatever profit can be had from it? Seems likely to me.

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