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Virgin Media to Warn Users of Botnet Computers
Written on 16 Aug, 2010 at 9:39 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 42 views times | 0 Comments
Subscribers to Virgin Media who are running infected machines and are part of botnets can expect to be notified by the company, telling the user to increase their security, as part of a new initiative. Virgin Media, which is the UK’s... (Continue reading)
Botnet Conducts “Brute Force” Attacks
Written on 13 Aug, 2010 at 9:53 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 106 views times | 0 Comments
A server-based botnet which attacks unsecure websites is currently launching a flood of attacks over the Internet, according to security researchers. The attacks are attempting to hack secure shells protecting Linux boxes, routers and other network devices by guessing the... (Continue reading)
Researchers Find Botnet Used to Steal Banking Information
Written on 4 Aug, 2010 at 10:19 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 15 views times | 0 Comments
Security researchers have discovered a botnet which appeared to control around 100,000 users in the United Kingdom. The cyber criminals running the botnet appear to be based in Eastern Europe and have been using the botnet to carry out financial... (Continue reading)
Botnet Infiltrated by Researchers
Written on 3 Aug, 2010 at 10:52 in Cyber Policy | viewed 32 views times | 0 Comments
Security researchers have managed to infiltrate a botnet which had amassed around 60GB of stolen information. The command and control servers were in charge of some 55,000 zombie computers by the time researchers infiltrated the botnet, according to researchers with... (Continue reading)
Russians Criminals Use Botnets for Check Counterfeiting
Written on 28 Jul, 2010 at 9:47 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 33 views times | 0 Comments
A security researcher has discovered a Russian cyber crime gang that uses botnets to steal and print millions of dollars worth of false invoices. The gang then recruits money mules to cash the counterfeit checks. The scam, which is highly automated,... (Continue reading)
Botnet Malware Writer Arrested in Slovenia
Written on 28 Jul, 2010 at 9:10 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 30 views times | 0 Comments
A man believed to a malware author has been arrested in Slovenia. The 23-year-old virus writer, known as Iserdo, is said to be the author of the Mariposa virus, which infected more than 12.7 million computers and was dismantled earlier... (Continue reading)
Botnet Malware Writers Arrested in Slovenia
Written on 22 Jul, 2010 at 9:28 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 170 views times | 1 Comment
Slovenian police have arrested four suspects amid allegations that the four developed the Mariposa botnet malware. The arrests come of the heels of a joint investigation between Slovenian police and the FBI. Earlier this year, three suspects were arrested in Spain... (Continue reading)
Cyber Criminals Utilize Social Networks to Control Bots
Written on 20 Jul, 2010 at 11:14 in Cyber Policy | viewed 103 views times | 0 Comments
Researchers at RSA FraudAction Research Lab have recently discovered a banking Trojan being hosted by a public social networking site. Any site which allows users to upload any type of content is vulnerable to the Trojan’s configurations, RSA says. “The Lab... (Continue reading)
Are You Part of the Botnet Army?
Written on 15 Jun, 2010 at 8:40 in Featured Stories | viewed 277 views times | 0 Comments
As malware becomes more prevalent, the number of infected computers continues to grow, some of which are becoming part of large-scale botnets. So what can you do to protect yourself from joining the “botnet Army?” A botnet is a string of... (Continue reading)
Botnet Targeting Mexicans Taken Down by Owner
Written on 10 Jun, 2010 at 9:42 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 64 views times | 0 Comments
A botnet that was being used to target Mexicans has been taken down, apparently by the cyber criminal who set it up, according to TrendMicro. “The botnet appears to have been taken down by the owners themselves,” writes Ranieri Romera,... (Continue reading)
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