No One Understands Operational Security

I suppose it is good when the bad guys are bad at security. FudCo is a service that enables SPAM, and phishing, and other nefarious stuff. “FudCo” Spam Empire Tied to Pakistani Software Firm

FUD stands for “Fully Un-Detectable.” It bills itself as being able to slide around antivirus and malware protection programs. The details are of interest to the geeks, but the following statement is really fascinating.

The Manipulaters have indeed learned a few new tricks, but keeping their underground operations air-gapped from their real-life identities is mercifully not one of them.

Photos on various social media platforms with cakes that have FUD written in the icing is just the start of it all. Unbelievable? Not really.

And they are shocked that people know who they are, and that they are up to no good.

They even complained to Krebs that a post he has on his site dealing with their nefarious activities from a few years back is causing them problems in the real world.