On January 13, college student Zachary Shames pleaded guilty to a federal district court in Virginia, US, for authoring Limitless Logger, the malicious keylogger that was used to steal thousands of sensitive user information like passwords and banking credentials. In November 2014, Trend Micro’s Forward Looking Threat Research team (FTR) published a research paper that covered Limitless and how it was used to steal information from thousands of victims. Prior to that, we passed on details that correctly identified Shames as the creator to the FBI. This blog details how we made that link, which we left out of the published research paper.
Post from: Trendlabs Security Intelligence Blog – by Trend Micro
Not so Limitless after all: Trend Micro FTR Assists in the Arrest of Limitless Author