Thirteen Year Old Hosts Malware Website
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 09/09/2017 12:40 PM
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Do you know what your next door neighbor kid is doing? Is it possible that he is the author of an IoT bot and runs a website packed with a whole slew of malware code?
A 13-year-old teenager, who goes by the nickname of DaddyL33T, is also working on a portal called the “DaddyHackingTeam portal,” for botnet-as-a-service rentals.
Ankit Anubhav, principal researcher at NewSky Security, contacted the kid who admitted to being only 13 and said he wasn't worried about being caught as he is a juvenile.
"What concerns me is that with a bit of copy-paste of available code, a kid of age 13 can start a botnet," Anubhav told Bleeping Computer. "Such people should be encouraged more towards the white-hat side, and we must also include ethics 101 to mentor our young programmers.”
What is disturbing about this story is the admittance by the teenager that he spends 15 to 18 hours per day online.
The young lad shows his immaturity by posting job applications on a freelancing portal (presumably for legit employment)—using the same Skype ID that he previously used to advertise his botnet.
Source: Info Security
A 13-year-old teenager, who goes by the nickname of DaddyL33T, is also working on a portal called the “DaddyHackingTeam portal,” for botnet-as-a-service rentals. Ankit Anubhav, principal researcher at NewSky Security, contacted the kid who admitted to being only 13 and said he wasn't worried about being caught as he is a juvenile.
"What concerns me is that with a bit of copy-paste of available code, a kid of age 13 can start a botnet," Anubhav told Bleeping Computer. "Such people should be encouraged more towards the white-hat side, and we must also include ethics 101 to mentor our young programmers.”
What is disturbing about this story is the admittance by the teenager that he spends 15 to 18 hours per day online.
The young lad shows his immaturity by posting job applications on a freelancing portal (presumably for legit employment)—using the same Skype ID that he previously used to advertise his botnet.
Source: Info Security
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