In response to the recent discovery of the Flashfake botnet, Kaspersky Lab has announced the availability of its free Flashfake Removal Tool. Visit the safe verification site to determine if you’…
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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
Kelihos zombies erupt from mass graves after botnet massacre
Pumping spam, entering backdoors again almost right away Security researchers have warned that the resurrected Kelihos botnet blasted off the face of the web yesterday is still alive.…
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Kelihos zombies erupt from mass graves after botnet massacre
Georbot information stealing Trojan uncovered
ESET revealed its analysis of Georbot, an information stealing Trojan and botnet spreading in the country of Georgia. Earlier this year ESET’s global research team uncovered Win32/Georbot, a botnet…
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New P2P botnet soon available for sale
The development of a new botnet that will rely on a decentralized architecture based on P2P technology is nearing completion and will soon be offered for sale for a sum of $8000 on a number of undergr…
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New P2P botnet soon available for sale
Anonymous web weapon backfires with hidden banking Trojan
Hacktivists tricked into installing malware Anonymous supporters queuing up to participate in denial-of-service attacks are being tricked into installing ZeuS botnet clients.…
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Anonymous web weapon backfires with hidden banking Trojan
Competitors blamed for over half of the DDoS attacks in the US
One in three organizations (31%) has suffered one or more Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in the last 12 months, according to independent research commissioned by Corero Network Security.
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Competitors blamed for over half of the DDoS attacks in the US
Update on the Kelihos botnet
Reports that the Kelihos botnet is back online and that its original operators are again trying to take over its reigns have been premature, says Microsoft. “Contrary to some reports, Kaspersky …
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Update on the Kelihos botnet
Kelihos botnet rises up again
Kelihos – the botnet whose operation was disrupted last September by Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab by shutting down its C&C servers and making its bots contact a sinkhole instead – is back and working. …
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Kelihos botnet rises up again
Detecting the DNS Changer malware
January marked half-time for the folks at the DNS Changer Working Group (DCWG) who are now running the DNS servers originally used in the Rove botnet. Ever since a multi-national task force dismantled…
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Detecting the DNS Changer malware