Carderprofit.cc Was FBI Carding Sting, Nets 26 Arrests

tsu doh nimh writes in with news of a major sting operation against carders. From the article: "The U.S. Justice Department today unveiled the results of a two-year international cybercrime sting that culminated in the arrest of 26 people accused of trafficking in hundreds of thousands of stolen credit and debit card accounts. Among those arrested was an alleged core member of 'UGNazi,' a malicious hacking group that has claimed responsibility for a flood of recent attacks on Internet businesses." The trick: the FBI ran a carding forum as a honeypot.

Hmm

[Anonymous Coward]

Why does Avast WebRep have 3 red bars for justice.gov?

Re:honeypot detect?

[gv250]

How would you actually detect that a website like this is a honeypot?

The 6:00 AM knock on your door.

Re:honeypot detect?

[Bill, Shooter of Bul]

That is a very good question. Here are some tips..

If the tcp packets coming back to you are mysteriously lacking in honey ... it might be a honey pot.
If their is a slight buzzing comming from your network connection... it might be a honey pot.
If swarms of bees, bears, or badgers appear around your computer .... it might be a honey pot.

Re:honeypot detect?

[tobiasly]

$> dig carderprofit.cc
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;carderprofit.cc.               IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
carderprofit.cc         78003   IN      CNAME   fbi.gov.
fbi.gov                 78003   IN      A       72.21.81.85