t would seem the FBI is cracking down on cybercrime (well script-kiddies at least), with a bunch of international raids carried out in the past few days and more said to come. As of today it seems that the raids are only targeting users of "blackshades" a popular remote administration tool.
Blackshades is a remote administration tool (RAT) used for remotely accessing and controlling computers over the internet. Although RATs have many legal uses and are sold by software companies, they can also be used for malicious purposes such as data theft, spying and distributed denial of service attacks. Due to the fact that most legitimate RATs require a user to go through the standard installation process, hackers write their own versions that can invisibly infect a computer by running a single executable, this is what blackshades does
more here..............http://www.malwaretech.com/2014/05/fbi-cybercrime-crackdown-blackshades.html
Blackshades is a remote administration tool (RAT) used for remotely accessing and controlling computers over the internet. Although RATs have many legal uses and are sold by software companies, they can also be used for malicious purposes such as data theft, spying and distributed denial of service attacks. Due to the fact that most legitimate RATs require a user to go through the standard installation process, hackers write their own versions that can invisibly infect a computer by running a single executable, this is what blackshades does
more here..............http://www.malwaretech.com/2014/05/fbi-cybercrime-crackdown-blackshades.html