Category Archives: DDoS Vendors

600K strong Flashback botnet comprises mostly Macs

There has been a lot of talk and speculation about the size of the botnet formed by computers targeted with the Flashback malware and whether all these machines were, in fact, all Macs. The botne…

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600K strong Flashback botnet comprises mostly Macs

Microsoft takedown of Zeus botnets missed a few C&Cs

When Microsoft, the financial services industry and Kyrus Tech teamed up to sinkhole a number of worldwide botnets using the Zeus family of malware, they managed to get the court's permission to seize…

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Microsoft takedown of Zeus botnets missed a few C&Cs

Sality botnet takedown plans posted online

Valid attack could seize infected machines Updated   A self-describer “law-abiding citizen” has posted attack plans against the Sality botnet on the Full Disclosure security mailing list, along with a tongue-in-cheek warning not to enact them since that would be illegal.…

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Sality botnet takedown plans posted online

New Zeus/SpyEye makes bots function as C&C servers

The latest build of the Zeus/SpyEye malware shows a change that could very well hamper the security researchers' ability to take down the botnets using it and to find out the criminals behind them. …

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New Zeus/SpyEye makes bots function as C&C servers

Akamai protects enterprises from DDoS and application security attacks

Akamai Technologies introduced Akamai Kona Site Defender, a service designed to protect the brand value of companies by shielding their web sites, applications and associated data in the face of attac…

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Akamai protects enterprises from DDoS and application security attacks

Cutwail botnet intensifies spam spewing

The old Cutwail botnet is still alive and spamming from its 1,5 million bots, and has lately been spotted using malicious HTML attachments. The spam emails vary from fake forwarded Xerox scans and …

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Cutwail botnet intensifies spam spewing