2014
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Botnets gain 18 infected systems per second
“According to industry estimates, botnets have caused over $9 billion in losses to US victims and over $110 billion in losses globally. Approximately 500 million computers are infected…
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Pushdo Trojan infects 11,000 systems in 24 hours
Bitdefender has discovered that a new variant of the Trojan component, Pushdo, has emerged. 77 machines have been infected in the UK via the botnet in the past…
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100+ DDoS events over 100GB/sec reported this year
Arbor Networks released global DDoS attack data derived from its ATLAS threat monitoring infrastructure. The data shows an unparalleled number of volumetric attacks in the first half of…
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Gameover ZeuS botnet pulls dripping stake from heart, staggers back from the UNDEAD
Zombies twitch, lurch to feet after FBI takedown The Gameover ZeuS malware is back from the dead just six weeks after a takedown operations that aimed to put…
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DoJ provides update on Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker disruption
The Justice Department filed a status report with the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania updating the court on the progress in disrupting the…
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17-Year-Old Behind Norway DDoS Attacks This Week
On Thursday, the Norwegian police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old in connection to the recent massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks directed at major financial institutions and other…
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Norway banks hit in largest-ever DDoS attack, Anonymous ‘takes credit’
Norway’s top financial institutions have been hit in what appears to be a coordinated cyber-attack, the biggest-ever the country has experienced. Anonymous Norway may be responsible for the…
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Brute-force bot busts shonky PoS passwords
RAM scrapers foisted on 60 terminals A botnet has compromised 60 point of sale (PoS) terminals by brute-force password attacks against poorly-secured connections, FireEye researchers say.…
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‘Political’ DDoS Attacks Skyrocket in Russia
Commercial hackers in Russia are giving way to politically motivated cyber criminals targeting ideological enemies, a new study said Wednesday. The most powerful DDoS attacks on Russian websites in the first six months of 2014…
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ATTACK of the Windows ZOMBIES on point-of-sale terminals
Infosec bods infiltrate botnet, uncover crap password security Security watchers have spotted a fresh Windows-based botnet that attempts to hack into point-of-sale systems.…