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Talk Intermediate

Using Python To Fight Off Online Scammers

Approved
Session Description

This is a talk where I talk about how I used python to fight off online scammers and shut down the websites of hackers who were involved in phishing attacks, in the process shutting down their entire operation. In this session, I will talk about how others can stay safe on the internet, detect malicious websites and also talk about how we can take action to shut down these websites.


Technical details :

I used the requests library to send a multiple bogus requests to these websites containing bogus information. For example, the website that was being circulated was a bogus Instagram page where the attacker has already hacked a account and uses that account to get others to login. However the page is not real and the login information ends in a database owned by the attackers. I first figure out the RequestURL, then use that RequestURL to send bogus login information on loop till the attackers shut down the website.


What I did is completely legal and within the laws. All I did was find the requestURL and exploit that to send information to the website.

References

https://github.com/amritshenava98/ScammerSlayer/blob/main/main.py

Session Categories

FOSS

Speakers

Amrit Shenava
Founder | Flashmates Private Limited

Amrit Shenava is an engineer and tech entrepreneur. He is currently the founder of Flashmates, a proptech company building technology for the housing and real estate industry. Their products and platforms have over 100k+ users in over 25+ countries all over the globe. Amrit completed his Bachelors in Computer Science with a concentration in Information Security from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Amrit has been into tech and entrepreneurship since the age of 14 and has built a lot of apps including mobile apps, bots and websites.
Amrit Shenava

Reviews

The CFP is rather vague about what the speaker wishes to talk about. I'm unsure about including this talk.
Reviewer #1 Not Sure
I see a bit of lack in the details of the proposal. The speaker maybe could give another try at adding more details into the proposal. for ex: 1. How did they actually use python (technical steps) 2. What can go wrong ? 3. Anything related to the laws of the govt regarding having such websites) 4. How were they able to shut down others website and etc. Other
Reviewer #2 Not Sure
idea is interesting, but we need more information. Though considering the fact that there are only 2 proposals, i guess its not half-bad
Reviewer #3 Approved