2012
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Ghost of HTML5 future: Web browser botnets
With great power comes great responsibility … to not pwn the interweb B-Sides HTML5 will allow web designers to pull off tricks that were previously only possible…
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Dr. Web disputes Flashback Mac Trojan bot army estimates
Much bigger than Symantec says Efforts by Apple and anti-virus vendors to kill the vast botnet assembled by notorious Flashback Mac Trojan may be much less successful than…
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Dedicated appliances for protection against DDoS
Fortinet introduced the FortiDDoS product family for enterprises, Web hosting and cloud service providers. The new FortiDDoS-100A, FortiDDoS-200A and FortiDDoS-300A are dedicated appliances that a…
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Dedicated appliances for protection against DDoS
Fortinet introduced the FortiDDoS product family for enterprises, Web hosting and cloud service providers. The new FortiDDoS-100A, FortiDDoS-200A and FortiDDoS-300A are dedicated appliances that a…
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Number-munching clouds are godsend for cybercrooks – experts
Perfect platform for password forcing, DDoS attacks Cloud computing providers came under fire today from security experts who blamed them for giving cyber-criminals the tools to launch attacks…
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SpyEye botnet for sale at bottom price
A drop in the price asked for the latest version of the SpyEye botnet has security researchers worrying that users might soon be targeted with an increasing amount…
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Flashback botnet decline not as fast as expected
Given the attention that the Flashback Mac malware has received since the discovery of the 600K strong botnet of computers infected with it and the number of tools…
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Behind the scenes of the cleanest ISP in the world
The malware and botnet problem has been around for quite a while, and definitive solutions for it are still eluding the Internet and mobile communication industry, as well…
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Apple issues Trojan removal tool
Apple has released a fresh Java update, designed to remove the Flashback Trojan malware that exposed Macs to a botnet.
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Kaspersky Lab removes Flashfake Removal Tool (fixed)
In response to the recent discovery of the Flashfake botnet, Kaspersky Lab has released a free Flashfake Removal Tool. Unfortunately, Kaspersky Lab has identified an issue with the…