Russian Hosting Firm Denies Criminal Ties, Says It May Sue Blacklister

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via Wired News.

[snip]

Speaking to the Western press for the first time, a Russia-based
web-hosting firm pilloried by security companies as a free zone for online
crime insists that it's really just misunderstood.

"We can't understand on which basis these organizations have such an
opinion about our company," Tim Jaret of the Russian Business Network says
in an e-mail interview. "We can say that this is subjective opinion based
on these organizations' guesswork." Jaret's e-mail signature identifies him
as working in RBN's abuse department.

Security researchers and anti-spam groups say the St. Petersburg-based RBN
caters to the worst of the internet's scammers, renting them servers used
for phishing and malware attacks, all the while enjoying the protection of
Russian government officials. A report by VeriSign called the business
"entirely illegal."

"They just figured out that in Russia no one will prosecute them, or if
they do, they can pay them off," says Johannes Ullrich, chief technology
officer of the SANS Internet Storm Center. Ullrich says RBN maintains a
veneer of legitimacy by paying lip service to abuse complaints, but nothing
more.

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More:
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/10/russian_network

- - ferg

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