Industry Group Releases Botnet Guidelines At WH
A multi-industry group has issued a set of protection guidelines to fight botnets, the company announced Thursday. The Industry Botnet Group made the announcement during a White House event Wednesday to discuss the impacts of botnets to cyber security. The list includes nine tips that were created to minimize the effects of botnets through partnership, [...]
Android is the new major mobile malware target and Anonymous is the primary hacktivist in the third quarter, according to McAfee‘s research. The company saw a 37 percent increase in malware targeting Android devices since last quarter and is predicting that 2011 is well on its way to be the busiest malware year in history. [...]
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Neustar’s Rodney Joffe: All it Takes is One Person to Cause Internet Disaster
October 24, 2011 No CommentThe Internet allows any one person to launch potentially catastrophic malware, according to Rodney Joffe, head of security at Neustar Inc. “In the real world, you have to have access to plutonium or fleets of fighter jets to wreak widespread havoc,” Joffe said to the Los Angeles Times. “Because of the Internet, any one person can [...]
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Cyber crime is not the cash cow it once was, according to Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) whose recent research examined the cyber underground. Speaking yesterday at a press event at in San Bruno, Calif., security researcher Pat Peterson said last year saw a turning point in the fight against mass scams and criminal profits from [...]
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Malware delivered via email grew by 400 percent in the last week of March 2011, with the spike detected two weeks after the takedown of the Rustock botnet, according to a quarterly report by Commtouch. The Internet Threats Trend Report, which covers spam, phishing, malware and web threats, said while overall spam activity dropped around [...]
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A Texan is accused of organizing a ruse using a Russian hacker and a spam campaign to artificially inflate the value of certain stocks, according to the Justice Department. Christopher Rad, 42, was arrested and charged yesterday with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and transmit commercial email messages with fraudulent information. According [...]
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According to zombie lore, a surefire way to destroy one of the living dead is a shot to the head. Now, EU’s cybersecurity agency, ENISA, has published a study on botnets, also known as cyber zombies. But neutralizing these zombies may be more difficult than their horror-movie brethren. The report, titled “Botnets: Measurement, Detection, Disinfection [...]
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A new report by Sophos has revealed the top 12 spam-producing countries, and once again, the United States was tagged with the dubious distinction of placing first. “Many members of the public still don’t understand the vital role that they can play in fighting spam – preventing their home PC from becoming infected,” Sophos’ Graham [...]
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