Cyber Risks · Krebs on Security

SaintD-SPM Chats: May 2007 | Sept. 2007

Summary: Krebs on Security publishes 2007 chat logs in which a figure called Stupin, who says he is responsible for everything at the SpamIT spam operation, hands out registration invites and refers domain and server contacts to a user identified as SPM from Spamdot.biz. In the exchanges, Stupin says WebMoney payments are no problem, offers to pass SPM's spam-software contacts to interested clients as adverts, and on Sept. 30, 2007 issues an invite link to a referral named Nenastnyj, who asks for several domains to be placed on the system.

What's compelling: The logs show a working supply chain - invites, domains, servers at $500, WebMoney payments and referral traffic - run through ICQ by people who describe their work as adverts, which is the operational layer behind the spam and malware campaigns security teams were defending against at the time.

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