The volume of e-mails from infected PCs surged in recent weeks, according to M86 Security. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Researchers Uncover Largest-Ever Android Botnet
The botnet contains more than 100,000 compromised devices. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Kelihos botnet dead but malware evolved, say Microsoft and Kaspersky
Microsoft insist the Kelihos botnet is dead despite reports last week suggesting otherwise; but the company acknowledged that a new botnet is being assembled using a variant of the original malware. The reappearance of a Kelihos-like army of hijacked computers shows just how difficult it is to eradicate a botnet,…
Kelihos botnet cranks back up after Microsoft attack
A botnet that was crippled by Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab last September is spamming once again and experts have no recourse to stop it. The Kelihos botnet only infected 45,000 or so computers but managed to send out nearly 4 billion spam messages a day, promoting, among other things, pornography,…
Microsoft accuses Russian of masterminding Kelihos botnet
Microsoft’s determined campaign against the Kelihos botnet has seen the company file a lawsuit against the Russian man it now believes to be responsible for its operations. In a filing to a Virginia court, Microsoft alleges that Andrey N. Sabelnikov from St. Petersburg contributed code for the malware that set…
Koobface Masterminds Named; Botnet Goes Silent (January 17, 18, & 19, 2012)
Five people have been named as the masterminds behind the Koobface botnet……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
Rotterdam Library Deploys ThreatSTOP Botnet Defense Cloud to Block Malware
ThreatSTOP enables Juniper Networks SRX Services Gateway to ensure network is clean and not blacklisted. Carlsbad, CA (PRWEB) January 16, 2012 ThreatSTOP announced today that the Rotterdam Library (Bibliotheek Rotterdam, the Netherlands) has deployed its Botnet Defense Cloud on a Juniper SRX 240H Services Gateway. This solution keeps the library’s…
Part virus, part botnet, spreading fast: Ramnit moves past Facebook passwords
The latest variant of Ramnit, the Windows malware responsible for the recent theft of at least 45,000 Facebook logins, is the latest example of how malware writers and cyber-criminals take “off-the-shelf” hacks and bolt them together to teach old viruses new tricks. Facebook passwords aren’t the only thing that the…
2009.01.06 Computer Network@FJU CSIE – 7 : Security, IDS, Botnet
輔大資工2009.01.06 網路概論授課教授: 梅興上課內容: CH8 Network Security : Firewall, IDS View full post on National Cyber Security
RIPE queries registration freeze related to cybercrime botnet bust
RIPE NCC, a Dutch organisation responsible for allocating IP addresses to network providers in Europe, is questioning an order by police to not allow changes to the registrations of four blocks of addresses that were used until recently by a known criminal network. The Amsterdam-based nonprofit Regional Internet Registry (RIR)…