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
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
Microsoft moves to disable botnet
Microsoft has undertaken a global operation to disrupt a huge criminal botnet believed to be responsible for millions of pounds in theft.
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Microsoft moves to disable botnet
Microsoft disrupts massive cybercrime operation
In its most complex effort to disrupt botnets to date, Microsoft, in collaboration with the financial services industry — including the Financial Services – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS…
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Microsoft disrupts massive cybercrime operation
Plan to reduce botnets launched
More than one in ten U.S. computers are infected by difficult-to-detect bots, which botmasters can use for anything from sending spam, to eavesdropping on network traffic, to stealing user passwords. …
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Plan to reduce botnets launched
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