126: REvil

Darknet Diaries

Jack Rhysider

True Crime, Technology

4.9 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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REvil is the name of a ransomware service as well as a group of criminals inflicting ransomware onto the world. Hear how this ransomware shook the world. A special thanks to our guest Will, a CTI researcher with Equinix. Sponsors Support for this show comes from Zscalar. Zscalar zero trust exchange will scrutinize the traffic and permit or deny traffic based on a set of rules. This is so much more secure than letting data flow freely internally. And it really does mitigate ransomware outbreaks. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange gives YOU confidence in your security to feel empowered to focus on other parts of your business, like digital transformation, growth, and innovation. Check out the product at zscaler.com. Support for this show comes from Arctic Wolf. Arctic Wolf is the industry leader in security operations solutions, delivering 24x7 monitoring, assessment, and response through our patented Concierge Security model. They work with your existing tools and become an extension of your existing IT team. Visit arcticwolf.com/darknet to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yeah, scams going on out there today are getting wild. There was this one I read about.
0:04.8	Oh, let me tell you about it. Okay, so there's this guy named Gustavo. He's from Brazil,
0:10.8	but he was in the US just visiting. He wanted a drive for a ride share company like Uber,
0:16.0	but he was just visiting. So he didn't have a US driver's license. Now, as you can imagine,
0:21.8	a requirement to drive for Uber in the US is that you need a driver's license in the US.
0:27.5	Yes, Gustavo thought about it and decided to try to use someone else's driver's license
0:34.4	to register to drive with Uber. I'm not exactly sure how he borrowed someone's identity,
0:40.5	but I imagine it's not all that hard to find someone's information online these days. I mean,
0:45.1	I've seen people post pics of their driver's license to social media, so maybe he just took
0:49.7	one of those and sent it to Uber to pass verification. Anyway, however he forged the driver details,
0:56.2	it worked. He was approved to drive for a ride share company and he had it set up so he'd get paid
1:02.0	for the work he did. It was great for him to earn money while staying in the US. And the money was
1:08.3	a whole nother scheme he was working on. I don't really know how, but he had to move it around in
1:12.8	such a way that it didn't look like he earned it through ride shares or something. I don't know,
1:17.4	but he was wandering the money. Well, his girlfriend was also interested in all this and she wanted in,
1:23.2	but again, she was from Brazil and not a US citizen, so no driver's license either. But not a problem
1:30.8	for Gustavo. He just repeated what he did for himself and said her up with a fake driver account,
1:36.0	too. Then three more of his Brazilian friends wanted in and before they knew it, this was a five-person
1:41.2	team. Then someone on the team was like, hey, I found a spot online that people are willing to buy
1:48.8	Uber driver accounts because apparently there are quite a few people who want to drive for Uber,
1:54.6	but can't for some reason. Either they don't have a license or insurance or something makes them
2:00.2	ineligible. So they might be interested in buying someone else's account so they can make some extra
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