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Researchers Create Mobile Botnet with Weather App
Written on 10 Mar, 2010 at 8:07 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 215 views times | 0 Comments
At last week’s RSA Conference, security researchers with TippingPoint’s Digital Vaccine Group presented their research into mobile botnets. To date, the largest mobile botnet was centered predominately in Europe on “jailbroken” iPhones. Researchers Derek Brown and Daniel Tijerina were able... (Continue reading)
Experts Question Effectiveness of Botnet Takedowns
Written on 9 Mar, 2010 at 9:06 in Cyber Policy | viewed 159 views times | 0 Comments
Recently, two major botnets have been brought down through legal channels and arrests. Microsoft used a court order to take out one botnet and Spanish authorities arrested the administrators of the Mariposa botnet. Despite these recent successes, some security researchers... (Continue reading)
Russian Attack Botnet Now Used for Domestic Financial Crimes
Written on 8 Mar, 2010 at 7:57 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 243 views times | 0 Comments
Russian botnets are commonly used by cyber criminals to target victims in predominately Western nations, such as the U.S., Germany, France and UK. However, Joe Stewart, a researcher with SecureWorks, has found that a Russian botnet is now being used... (Continue reading)
Authorities Smash Botnet Infecting Over Half of Fortune 1000
Written on 4 Mar, 2010 at 8:48 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 287 views times | 1 Comment
Earlier this year, Microsoft demonstrated one way to take out a botnet. Earlier this week, Spanish authorities provided another option, namely arresting the botnet handlers. Spanish authorities arrested 3 cyber criminals who were behind the Mariposa botnet, which was one... (Continue reading)
Tracking Botnets Just Got Harder
Written on 3 Mar, 2010 at 8:20 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 247 views times | 2 Comments
Security researchers often use ‘honey-pots’, computers without anti-virus protection containing monitoring software, to conduct research on botnets. The honey-pot computer becomes infected with a virus that would turn it into part of the botnet. However, the system is set up... (Continue reading)
Microsoft Uses Courts to Take Down Botnet
Written on 25 Feb, 2010 at 14:29 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 217 views times | 0 Comments
Microsoft and the Botnet Task Force have struck again, and this time against one of the United States largest spam producers. Microsoft petitioned the U.S. courts for a take down order against domains associated with the Waledac botnet. The order, which... (Continue reading)
Researchers Find Massive Botnet
Written on 18 Feb, 2010 at 14:56 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 228 views times | 0 Comments
Security researchers with NetWitness Corp. have discovered a massive botnet which includes at least 75,000 infected computers at 2,500 companies and government agencies throughout the world. The Kneber botnet has been used by cyber criminals to acquire login credentials for... (Continue reading)
Botnets Battle for Domination
Written on 10 Feb, 2010 at 14:18 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 377 views times | 0 Comments
A new botnet, which came out in late December, is trying to kill off a rival botnet, according to security researchers. The new tool kit, known as SpyEye V1.0, is similar to the more prolific Zeus trojan, both of which... (Continue reading)
Botnet Assaults CIA
Written on 1 Feb, 2010 at 15:01 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 381 views times | 0 Comments
The Central Intelligence Agency has come under attack by a modified botnet on the SSL port (secure sockets layer). The same botnet has also launched attacks against PayPal and several hundred other websites. The botnet sends a flood of legitimate looking... (Continue reading)
Security Researchers Go on Offensive
Written on 15 Jan, 2010 at 12:57 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 202 views times | 0 Comments
A security firm and ISPs have colluded to take down the command and control servers of the Lethic botnet, according to an article on The Register. Neustar, a security research firm, along with cooperation from ISPs, were able to attack... (Continue reading)
