With a special HNAP exploit just for D-Link kit Security researchers believe the author of the Satori botnet is at it again, this time attacking routers to craft a botnet dubbed “Masuta”.…
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Fresh botnet recruiting routers with weak credentials
After the discovery and the fixing of a “crazy bad” remote code execution flaw in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine earlier this month, now comes another MMPE security update that plugs eight flaws that could lead to either remote code execution or to denial of service. Given that the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine powers a number of Microsoft antimalware software, DoS vulnerabilities should be considered serious, since a successfully exploited vulnerability could prevent the MMPE … More ?
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8 RCE, DoS holes in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine plugged
DNS flood washes over company servers Domain hosts Point DNS has been hammered with a high intensity DDoS attack on Friday, knocking servers out for hours.…
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Point DNS blitzed by mystery DDoS assault
FBI went down to Georgia Russian national Aleksandr Andreevich Panin has pleaded guilty to charges of banking and wire fraud for his role in developing the SpyEye Trojan, which used botnets of enslaved computers to harvest financial credentials from internet users around the world.…
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Russian SpyEye author pleads guilty to starting malware onslaught
Scheiße! Überprüfen Sie Ihre Angaben in neuen Datenbank Officials in Germany have warned that large networks of hijacked, hacker-controlled PCs – aka botnets – have harvested 16 million email address and password combinations for websites and other online services.…
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Botnet PC armies gulp down 16 MILLION logins from around the web: Find out if you’re a victim
Butterfly flapped its wings and caused internet hurricane A Slovenian virus writer who created an infamous strain of malware used to infect an estimated 12 million computers worldwide has been jailed for almost five years.…
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Slovenian jailed for creating code behind 12 MILLION strong ‘Mariposa’ botnet army
Reports claim revenge attack after digi-currency restrictions Angry Bitcoin users are suspected of DDoS-ing the website of China’s central bank following tough new restrictions it levied this week which appear to have forced the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange into meltdown.…
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China’s central bank hit by DDoS after Bitcoin blitz
Best hope you weren’t messaging your bank manager Security researchers have discovered an Android botnet that masquerades as a benign settings app for carrying out administrative tasks on mobile devices.…
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Android nasty sends your texts to CHINA
Install fake Microsoft extra, become SQL-squirting zombie Cybercrooks have brewed up a botnet that uses a bogus Firefox add-on to scan the web for hackable websites.…
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Bogus Firefox add-on FORCES WITLESS USERS to join vuln-hunting party
Just don’t bork our crim-busting honeypots again Microsoft has teamed up with the FBI to launch a renewed attempt to disrupt the operations of the infamous ZeroAccess botnet.…
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Microsoft teams up with Feds, Interpol in ZeroAccess botnet zombie hunt