Microsoft concludes Russian programmer didn’t operate Kelihos botnet
Following the settling of the Nitol botnet lawsuit earlier this month, Microsoft has announced on Friday that it has reached a settlement with Russian software programmer …
miniFlame discovered, designed for targeted cyber espionage
Kaspersky Lab announced the discovery of miniFlame, a small and highly flexible malicious program designed to steal data and control infected systems during targeted cyber …
Proxy service users download malware, unknowingly join botnet
In yet another example of if-it’s-too-good-to-be-true-it-probably-isn’t, hundreds of thousands of users signing up for a cheap and supposedly legitimate proxy …
Microsoft settles Nitol botnet lawsuit
Less than a month since Microsoft’s revelation that it had disrupted the functioning of the Nitol botnet by effecting a takedown of a domain (3322.org) which was also …
How to prevent a botnet infection?
The research team at e-mail security provider Eleven, published five tips today to help users prevent a botnet infection on their computer. Botnets are groups of hijacked …
Lucrative ZeroAccess botnet enslaves one million active computers
The ZeroAccess rootkit has been around for quite some time now, spying on infected users, hiding from installed AV solutions and attempting to terminate them, redirecting …
Twitter messages lead to phishing AND malware
If you have received a private message from another Twitter telling you “lol ur famous now”, have followed it to a fake Facebook page requiring you to log into …
Microsoft’s study into unsecure supply chains leads to botnet disruption
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has disrupted the functioning of yet another botnet by effecting a takedown of a domain which was also hosting over 500 different strains …
Botnet operators hide C&Cs in the Tor network
Over the years, botnet owners have tried out different tactics for keeping their C&C servers online, in contact with the zombie computers, and hidden from researchers and …
Arizona man goes to prison for selling access to botnets
Joshua Schichtel was sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling command-and-control access to and use of thousands of malware-infected computers. In addition to his prison …
Largest malware rise in four years
McAfee found the biggest increase in malware samples detected in the last four years. McAfee Labs detected a 1.5 million increase in malware since Q1 2012 and identified new …
Critical vulnerabilities in popular DDoS toolkit exposed
Prolexic Technologies exposed weaknesses in the command and control (C&C) architecture of the Dirt Jumper DDoS Toolkit family that could neutralize would-be attackers. …
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