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A year ago today, Apple released a software update to halt the spread of the Flashback worm, a malware strain that infected more than 650,000 Mac OS X systems using a vulnerability in Apple’s version of Java. This somewhat dismal anniversary is probably as good a time as any to publish some clues I’ve gathered over the past year that point to the real-life identity of the Flashback worm’s creator.
Before I delve into the gritty details, a little background on this insidious contagion is in order. A keenly detailed research paper (PDF) published last year by Finnish security firm F-Secure puts the impact and threat from Flashback in perspective, noting that the malware boasted a series of “firsts” for its kind. For starters, Flashback was the first OS X malware to be “VMware aware” — or to know when it was being run in a virtual environment (a trick designed to frustrate security researchers). It also was the first to disable XProtect, OS X’s built-in malware protection program. These features, combined with its ability to spread through a then-unpatched vulnerability in Java made Flashback roughly as common for Macs as the Conficker Worm was for Windows PCs.
“This means Flashback is not only the most advanced, but also the most successful OS X malware we’ve ever seen,” wrote F-Secure’s Broderick Ian Aquilino.
The F-Secure writeup answers an important question not found in other analyses: Namely, what was the apparent intended purpose of Flashback? Put simply: to redirect Google results to third-party advertisers, all for the author’s profit. It’s name was derived from the fact that it spread using a social engineering trick of presenting the OS X user with a bogus Flash Player installation prompt. F-Secure notes that this same behavior — both the Flash social engineering trick and the redirection to fake Google sites that served search results for third-party advertisers that benefited the author — was also found in the QHost malware, suggesting that Flashback may have been the next evolution of the Mac QHost malware.
BLACK SEO
A year ago, I published a series that sought to identify the real-lifehackersbehindthetopspambotnets. Using much the same methodology, I was able to identify and locate a young man in Russia who appears (and privately claims) to be the author of Flashback. As it happens, this individual hangs out on many of the same forums as the world’s top spammers (but more on that at another time).
Given Flashback’s focus on gaming Google’s ad networks, I suspected that the worm’s author probably was a key member of forums that focus on so-called “black hat SEO,” (search engine optimization), or learned in illicit ways to game search engines and manipulate ad revenues. Sure enough, this individual happens to be a very active and founding member of BlackSEO.com, a closely guarded Russian language forum dedicated to this topic.
Below is a screen shot taken from a private message between a “VIP” user named “Mavook” and a top forum member on BlackSEO.com. The conversation took place on July 14, 2012. A rough translation of their conversation is superimposed on the redacted screen grab, but basically it shows Mavook asking the senior member for help in gaining access to Darkode.com, a fairly exclusive English-language cybercrime forum (and one that I profiled in a story earlier this week).
BlackSEO.com member “Mavook” claims responsibility for creating Flashback to a senior forum member.
Mavook asks the other member to get him an invitation to Darkode, and Mavook is instructed to come up with a brief bio stating his accomplishments, and to select a nickname to use on the forum if he’s invited. Mavook replies that the Darkode nick should be not be easily tied back to his BlackSEO persona, and suggests the nickname “Macbook.” He also states that he is the “Creator of Flashback botnet for Macs,” and that he specializes in “finding exploits and creating bots.”
The senior member that Mavook petitions is quite well known in the Russian cybercrime underground, and these two individuals also are well known to one another. In fact, in a separate exchange on the main BlackSEO forum between the senior member and a BlackSEO user named JPS, the senior member recommends Mavook as a guy who knows his stuff and can be counted on to produce reliable attack tools.
In the conversation screen-shotted here to the left, JPS can be seen asking the senior forum member for recommendations about reliable individuals who sell unique exploit packs, software toolkits built to be stitched into hacked Web sites and exploit common Web browser vulnerabilities. JPS says he’s looking for a pro who can deliver decent exploitation rates.
“I have no time (and no desire) to roam chats and argue there with cool hackers,” JPS said. “I need to check traffic in terms of exploitability, and in the future, if everything is alright, I can work on a continuous basis” with the hired expert.
The senior member tells JPS to ask Mavook. “If Mavook won’t budge, saying that he is no longer doing this stuff, write to me again.”
WHO IS MAVOOK?
If we take a closer look at Mavook’s profile page on BlackSEO.com, we can see that he is a longtime member, dating back to 2005, when he was the 24th member registered on BlackSEO (out of thousands). Mavook’s profile also shows that his personal home page was at one time mavook.com. The WHOIS registration records for mavook.com have long been hidden by commercial WHOIS privacy protection services, but I found the original WHOIS record for this domain using the indispensable historic WHOIS service maintained by domaintools.com. Those records show that the domain was originally registered in 2005 by a Maxim Selikhanovich in Saransk, the capital city in Mordovia, a republic in the eastern region of the East European Plain of Russia.
The email address used to register mavook.com was “h0mini@mail.ru” (the second character in the address is a zero). A search for that email address in Skype’s user database brings up a user with the screen name “Maximsd”. Mavook also used the email address “mavook@gmail.com.” That address is tied a Maxim Selikhanovich in Saransk via the registration records for the now defunct Website saransk-offline.com, which at one point sold popular MP3 files for pennies apiece.
One of the emails used by Maxim for that Website and a related site was “troxel@yandex.ru,” which was the same email used to register a now-deleted Facebook account under a Maxim Selikhanovich from Saransk. Yet another abandoned music sales site — mavook-mp3.com — was registered to a “Mavook aka Troxel” and to the h0mini@mail.ru” address used for mavook.com.
MACS, MAX and MAKS
The final clue offers perhaps the most tantalizing details: The h0mini@mail.ru address is the contact point of record for a business in Saransk called mak-rm.com, the domain name registered to a IT-outsourcing and Web design firm in Saransk called the Mordovia Outsourcing Company (the “mak” part of the name comes from the Russian version of the company name, which is “МОРДОВСКАЯ АУТСОРСИНГОВАЯ КОМПАНИЯ”). That domain is registered to a “Max D. Sell” in Saransk (see a cached image from mak-rm.com’s homepage in 2010 at the Internet Archive).
According to a trusted source who has the ability to look up tax information on citizens and corporations in Russia, the Mordovia Outsourcing Company was registered and founded by one Maxim Dmitrievich Selihanovich, a 30-year-old from Saransk, Mordovia.
Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is a wonderful combination of Life-Simulation, Action, RPG and RTS elements and provides with a brilliantly adictive and quite immersive gameplay experience. The game offers a close to nature type of game world in which you’ll definitely witness the life and its evolution by the use of scientific means. Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution basically bases on three main principles of Life and Evolution, Variation that states that every creature is unique and it is written in its genes, Mutation that tells the difference between the parents and the children, and Natural Selection that tells the story about how the nature and environment affects every creature and influences their struggle to survive in all kinds of situations. You being in control of almost everything, should enjoy this brilliant game because of its super cool nature and the depiction of life on earth and species that takes you to back to the beginning of life. With a great scientifically accurate game-play, cool visuals and other characteristics Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is a wonderful to play and enjoy.
#1 Flow
Flow is a wonderful addition to Life-Simulation genre and it offers a wonderfully addictive game-play. The game allows you to start off your journey as small cell organism, explore the watery world around you, eat, evolve and be part of the nature. This amazingly addictive and quite engaging game lets you pry on things smaller than you or if you are good you can eat the big ones too and eventually grow bigger by the time. With wonderful graphics, sounds, immersive game-play and characteristics, Flow is a wonderful game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#2 Godus
Godus developed and published by 22Cans for Android and iOS platforms. It is a Single-player god game Simulation, and you starts the game by rescuing a woman and a man from drowning. Your ultimate task is to lead them throughout a variety of levels and build a tent to progress through the game. It takes place in the stunning world consists of various locations around the globe and includes a series of levels with day/night cycle. In the game, you can redesign the world in your style, and you have to breed the worker to build as many tents as possible to fulfill your tasks. The game proceeds, the population of human will be increased, and they develop more tents to live. Explore the world to discovers new technologies and unlock further stages to build advanced tents to earn more experience. You can control each and everything in this Promised Island and can control the creatures to uncover mysteries. Godus offers prominent features such as Create Village, Lead Followers, Meet the Astari, Cast Miracles, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#3 The Universim
The Universim is a City-Building, Sandbox, Resource Management, and Strategy video game with god-game elements created and published by Crytivo Games for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the world of The Universim and introduces a dynamic weather system creatures by the procedural planet generator. In the game, the player has an ability to control a planet and its creatures. The primary objective is to build different structures place in various buildings, craft useful items and keep the creatures happy to gain positive points. The only Single-player mode is supported in the game, and the developers of the game feature static environment with breathing and living world. During the game, the player interacts with environment and objects to progress and can customize everything using his abilities. The Universim offers core features such as Multiple Planets, 3D Environments, Lots of Objectives to complete, Dynamic Weather, Living World and more. With immerse gameplay, smooth controls, customization, and more. Try it out and have fun.
#4 Thrive
Thrive is a cool Action-RPG, RTS and a life Simulation inspired by the popular Spore that offers similar game-play, mechanics and other characteristics. Thrive allows you to explore a massive universe, change it the way you like and evolve in a brilliant environment. You as a small organism will have to go through the time and changes that the environment will impose on you, but you’ll have to improvise with your every move and survive the hardships. You must develop an entire civilization, conquer other planets and colonize on them in order to grow your numbers. Because of being a marvelous Action, RPG and RTS game, Thrive is always fun to play and enjoy. Do try it out, it’ll definitely amaze you.
#5 The Sims Castaway Stories
The Sims Castaway Stories combines the elements of Life-Simulation and god game. It has a single-player mode and available to play on Windows and Mac platforms. The game takes place on the tropical Island and allows you to assist Sims in building their shelters. The ultimate task is to become the Sims as the survivor from the forces of nature. Craft unique and different items, and find rare treasures to unlock further content. Explore the game world and unearth the mysteries of Deserted Tropical Island. The game world filled with wild plants, fruits, and different horrible animals. According to the story, the shipwrecked and the Sims found themselves on a deserted Island. The game offers you an opportunity to play as Jessica Knight or David Bennett. Through customization features, you can create and customize your own Sim Character with different elements. Your main focus in the game is to design your family and begin jobs to earn money and fulfill your requirements. With exciting features, addictive gameplay, and immerse graphic details, The Sims Castaway Stories is the wonderful game to play and amuse.
#6 Sid Meier’s Colonization
Sid Meier’s Colonization (also known as Colonization) is a Turn-based Strategy and Single-player video game created and published by MicroProse. The game takes place in the historical-themed world in 1942 and introduces different factions such as The Netherlands, England, Spain, and France. Each faction has its unique units, abilities, and objectives. The player must select his squad and get into the world where he has to explore randomly generated the world and struggle to complete a variety of task to progress through the story. The game begins with a ship and two units reaching the new world, as the ship moves into an unknown area, the game occurs on the screen. The primary objective of the player is to build his colony, recruit an army, train them and expand his empire further. The player plans his strategies about his rivals and can take down them by sending his troops to their lands to take over land and loot recourses. Sid Meier’s Colonization includes core features such as Explore the Americas, Customization, different playable Nations, Manage your Growth and more. Try it out.
#7 Niche: A Genetics Survival Game
Niche: A Genetics Survival Game is a mix of Strategy, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, and Turn-based elements developed and published by Stray Fawn Studio for multiple platforms. The game supports Single-player mode and offers the blend of simulation and turn-based strategy combined with Rogue-like elements. During the gameplay, you have to shape your species of bear, cat, dog, or fox-like animals based on real genetics. You must struggle to keep your animals alive against odds such as climate change, hungry predators, and spreading sickness. You have to start the game from the beginning point if your species goes extinct. The game comes with real genetics for the breeding system and introduces more than 100 genes to shape the species. It takes place in the procedurally generated environment populated with animals. The game is heavily inspired by Spore, The Creatures Series, Warrior Cats, and Don’t Starve. Niche: A Genetics Survival Game includes prominent features such as 4 Biomes, Real Genetics, Procedurally Generated Worlds, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#8 Sacrifice
Sacrifice is a RTS (Real-time Strategy), Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Interplay Entertainment. The game mixes the RTS gameplay with Action twist and puts the player in charge of wizard, who must battle against other enemies or wizards with spells and summoned creatures. Unlike other RTS videos, the game places little emphasis on management and resource gathering. The game hasn’t any system of workers and the player needs to gather souls of wizards to summon deadly creatures and refill his mana for casting powerful spells. During the gameplay, the player can customize his attack by selecting from creatures and spells aligned to five legends. To take down an opponent, the player has to sacrifices a unit while exploring the environment from a third-person perspective. Each match in the game starts with the player control a wizard and an altar. In Multiplayer mode, players can go against each other in various matches and can show off their abilities by defeating opponents. Sacrifice includes prominent features such as Third-person Action, Strategy Gameplay, Four Modes, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#9 Spore Galactic Adventures
Spore Galactic Adventures is a Real-time Strategy and Single-player Life Simulation developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows. The title serves as the downloadable pack for the multi-genre video game Spore and introduces the main feature as Adventure Creator. This feature lets the player create his different missions, which are then populated into the stage like other content built in the original title. In the game, the player can include elements to the Adventure by using the drag and drop system into the world. Vehicles, creatures, and buildings built using the other editors of the game can be chosen and placed throughout the land. During the gameplay, the player can adjust the behaviour of creatures from aggressive to friendly and include speech bubbles. Now, the player is capable of chose the range of special effects and can include them in the stage. In Adventure mode, the player can take his space captains on epic adventures, with each adventure having a variety of objectives to complete. There are several adventure types like saving the planet from the antagonist, assisting the great pop start, and more. Completion of adventures awards the player with experience points like traditional Role-playing games, and enable to select the piece of equipment for his character.
#10 Creatures 3
Creatures 3 serves as the third installment in the series of Creatures, and it comes with several modifications, improved graphics and new content, developed by Creature Labs and published by Mindscape. The game mainly revolves around Artificial Life genre and introduces the captivating storyline, revolving around the female protagonist named as Shee who have left Albia in the spaceship to find out the more spherical world. In the story, the Ark was abandoned because a Metroid hit the ship, but the infrastructure remains in working position. The game features six different metarooms on the ship such as Grendel Jungle, the Norn Terrarium, Engineering Room, Ettin Desert, and more. The player can safely hatch and raise his norns in the Norn Terrarium. The game is played using a point-and-click interface, and the player has accomplished the assigned tasks to move to the next level. Other levels will be unlocked as the player advances through the game and the difficulty will be increased. With addictive gameplay, brilliant graphics, and smooth controls, Creatures 3 is the best game to play.
#11 Crest
Crest is a Sandbox, Resource Management, Base Building, and Single-player Survival video game takes place in the randomly generated world developed and published by Eat Create Sleep for Multiple Platforms. The game welcome players to Crest, a unique type of god simulation, where their words have value. In the game, the player needs to command and guide his followers by releasing orders written in a pictographic language. In the start, players need to decide their religious, nurture their followers and struggle to observe how they evolve. During the gameplay, they will experience sandbox-style gameplay, where weather, mineral deposits, vegetation, and animal behavior will make them surprise. As the player advances through the game, further worlds are unlocked to explore with the increasing complexity of players commandments. In the game, the consequences of the player actions may not be clear, and he will need to be aware of the ever-changing world. Crest offers prominent features such as Sandbox-style Gameplay, Create your Region, Unlockable Worlds, Customization, etc. Check it out, and show off your creative skills by creating a world.
#12 Spore
Spore is a wonderful RTS, Action-RPG and Fantasy-based Life Simulation developed by Maxis. It allows you to Develop, create and control different species, Explore different cultures and enjoy being part of the world that truly is created by yourself. With an amazing Open-Ended game-play, superb visuals, amazing storyline and other wonderful characteristics, Spore is a brilliant Life Simulation to play and enjoy. According to the storyline, the game allows you to help a specie with its development, keep an eye on it from its begging as a microscopic organism to a full grown. Help the specie thrive in an unknown environment, learn to explore, when enough intelligent, build spaceships and Sci-Fi structure and go on exploring the interstellar galaxies and stars etc. Spore offers Open-ended gameplay along with an open world environment, procedurally generated world, loads of options to build and destroy things, objects and structures etc. With all the amazing visuals, realistic sounds and an addictive gameplay, Spore is a fantastic Simulation to enjoy.
#13 Civilization V
Civilization V is another great Action-RPG and RTS Life Simulation that allows you to build, explore, and manage resources just like you did in the Spore and specifically on the Civilization Stage. Civilization V offers amazing Turn-based RTS game-play in which your task is to simply control a whole civilization, explore different worlds, and create settlements, research for technologies and much more. Another great aspect of the game is the element of battles and conquering. You are allowed to simply defend your settlements from enemies, battle to conquer other areas and eventually grow the size of your settlement or you can simply negotiate with other online players, make alliances and rule over the vast areas. Civilization V is one of the best game to play like Spore. Do give it a try.
#14 Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
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Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri mixes the elements of 4X, Turn-based, and Strategy by Firaxis Games and Sid Meier. It is a sequel to the series of Civilization and set in a Science-Fiction world near future. There are seven different factions comprises five humans and two non-humans and lets you select one of them and jump into the game world where you have to fight against enemies. The game includes new features in the game such as multiple ways to win, spy choice, diplomatic, climate, social engineering, and more. It focuses on exploration and technologies. Select the character and start exploring an open environment where you have to compete against other faction, gain experience, enhance your abilities, and dominate the star system. The game is played from an isometric perspective. The ultimate task is to build bases, buildings, navigate territory, discover new technologies, and complete a series of objectives. There is a massive map which is divided into squares where the player can establish his bases, units and can fight against other players. With detailed Environment, addictive gameplay, brilliant mechanics and superb controls, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri is the wonderful game to play and amuse.
#15 Darwin Pond
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Darwin Pond, by Rocket Science Games is a marvelous Action-RPG, and Life-Simulation. The game allows you to be part of a virtual world filled with thousands of wiggly things called the Swimmers. Your task is to control all of them and witness their evolution form a small organism to a full-fledged creature. Your task is to help the Swimmers genetically mutate by the time and use all the available resources in order to survive. This wonderful game is named after the great Charles Darwin because of his magnificent work on the origins of species that revolutionized the world. With an amazing resemblance to Spore, Darwin Pond is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#16 Planetoid 3D
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Planetoid 3D is a brilliant RTS, Action-RPG and Life Simulation that offers an immersive game-play and allows you to are in control of all the races and you can create totally new ones to settle up on some planet. Exploration, Management of resources and evolution of species and races is what makes this game more engaging. In Planetoid 3D, your task is to pick any space civilization from multiple choices or create a whole new civilization by creating different races of beings, explore the space, travel to different planets, colonize, develop structures and invest your efforts into the technology, researcs and development and eventually conquer all the world around you. Making new friends, battles with foes and amazing action oriented aesthetics are the things that make this game wonderful. For an amazing Action, RPG and RTS experience and the real entertainment, Planetoid 3D will definitely be your best choice. Try it out and you’ll love every bit of this brilliant game.