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Prior to my edit ( https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=DarkComet&oldid=702155596), this article contained a direct copy/paste (ref'd but not quoted) from the Ars Technica source. I cannot rewrite it at this time, so I removed the content for now.
The sextortionist who snapped nude pictures of Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf through her laptop's webcam has been found and arrested, the FBI revealed yesterday. 19-year old Jared James Abrahams, a California computer science student who went by the online handle "cutefuzzypuppy," had as many as 150 "slave" computers under his control during the height of his webcam spying in 2012.
Watching all of those webcams to see when a young woman changes her clothes takes a serious time commitment, and Abrahams made one; he "was always at his computer," according to the FBI complaint against him. Abrahams turned himself in after the complaint was unsealed, and a federal judge released him on a $50,000 bond. [1]
korbnep « talk» 20:30, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
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Under the "Detection" heading i think it would be a good addition to add other ways of how this R.A.T can be combated. Maybe possible ways of how to spot these Trojans, or how a user of this program can make it more undetectable with the use of encryption programs.
Mkmkiser ( talk) 16:55, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello,
As the genuine author of DarkComet RAT I would like to mention that a funny guy always edit the page and placing wrong informations.
DarkComet RAT is not from united kingdom but from France > Check your sources ex: https://www.wired.com/2012/07/dark-comet-syrian-spy-tool/
DarkComet RAT official website is not darkcomet.net but darkcomet-rat.com
darkcomet.net is a fake website hosted by a UK guy who try to sell a backdoored copy of darkcomet, by keeping this fake link as website is dangerous for your readers.
Wikipedia moderators should definitely do something against that.
Thanks in advance
JPL — Preceding unsigned comment added by PhrozenSAS ( talk • contribs) 10:35, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
Dark comet is itself not malware nor remote access trojan. It is a remote administration/access tool. The use may be malicious but the software itself is not malicious. Much like torrenting software may be used in malicious/illegal ways but the software itself is neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FreePancakes ( talk • contribs) 19:21, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
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Someone is modifying this source page to spread Malware through a fake website (phishing website)
The official website is http://www.darkcomet-rat.com/
The script kiddy behind this mass edit is using his phishing website http://www.darkcometrat.com/ (without the -) to attract readers from Wikipedia to his website for spreading and infecting readers with Malware.
This page should be locked for that reason.
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I really disagree with the first sentence straight up calling it a trojan. There's lots of legitimate functions for it. HOWEVER, I do recognize that it is used for that purpose a lot. So maybe the second sentence or something can mention that, but labelling the whole thing a trojan is jumping the gun a bit. Especially when the hyperlink redirects to "Remote access software". 24.60.59.171 ( talk) 01:10, 19 September 2020 (UTC) 24.60.59.171 ( talk) 01:10, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
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Remove "now defunct" from "Official Website" in "External links", because the website is currently alive. XLinkOut ( talk) 14:45, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
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I possess further details and narrative elements to add to this article. MalzFan ( talk) 10:54, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
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Prior to my edit ( https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=DarkComet&oldid=702155596), this article contained a direct copy/paste (ref'd but not quoted) from the Ars Technica source. I cannot rewrite it at this time, so I removed the content for now.
The sextortionist who snapped nude pictures of Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf through her laptop's webcam has been found and arrested, the FBI revealed yesterday. 19-year old Jared James Abrahams, a California computer science student who went by the online handle "cutefuzzypuppy," had as many as 150 "slave" computers under his control during the height of his webcam spying in 2012.
Watching all of those webcams to see when a young woman changes her clothes takes a serious time commitment, and Abrahams made one; he "was always at his computer," according to the FBI complaint against him. Abrahams turned himself in after the complaint was unsealed, and a federal judge released him on a $50,000 bond. [1]
korbnep « talk» 20:30, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
References
Under the "Detection" heading i think it would be a good addition to add other ways of how this R.A.T can be combated. Maybe possible ways of how to spot these Trojans, or how a user of this program can make it more undetectable with the use of encryption programs.
Mkmkiser ( talk) 16:55, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello,
As the genuine author of DarkComet RAT I would like to mention that a funny guy always edit the page and placing wrong informations.
DarkComet RAT is not from united kingdom but from France > Check your sources ex: https://www.wired.com/2012/07/dark-comet-syrian-spy-tool/
DarkComet RAT official website is not darkcomet.net but darkcomet-rat.com
darkcomet.net is a fake website hosted by a UK guy who try to sell a backdoored copy of darkcomet, by keeping this fake link as website is dangerous for your readers.
Wikipedia moderators should definitely do something against that.
Thanks in advance
JPL — Preceding unsigned comment added by PhrozenSAS ( talk • contribs) 10:35, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
Dark comet is itself not malware nor remote access trojan. It is a remote administration/access tool. The use may be malicious but the software itself is not malicious. Much like torrenting software may be used in malicious/illegal ways but the software itself is neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FreePancakes ( talk • contribs) 19:21, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
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Someone is modifying this source page to spread Malware through a fake website (phishing website)
The official website is http://www.darkcomet-rat.com/
The script kiddy behind this mass edit is using his phishing website http://www.darkcometrat.com/ (without the -) to attract readers from Wikipedia to his website for spreading and infecting readers with Malware.
This page should be locked for that reason.
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I really disagree with the first sentence straight up calling it a trojan. There's lots of legitimate functions for it. HOWEVER, I do recognize that it is used for that purpose a lot. So maybe the second sentence or something can mention that, but labelling the whole thing a trojan is jumping the gun a bit. Especially when the hyperlink redirects to "Remote access software". 24.60.59.171 ( talk) 01:10, 19 September 2020 (UTC) 24.60.59.171 ( talk) 01:10, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
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Remove "now defunct" from "Official Website" in "External links", because the website is currently alive. XLinkOut ( talk) 14:45, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
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I possess further details and narrative elements to add to this article. MalzFan ( talk) 10:54, 5 February 2024 (UTC)