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Zeus Botnet Disrupted
Published on 11 Mar, 2010 at 7:45 in Cloud | Viewed 344 times | No Comments
In recent weeks, there has been a marked increase in efforts to disrupt botnets, with Microsoft utilizing legal channels and Spanish authorities arresting botnet administrators. Approximately one quarter of the computers currently part of the Zeus botnet have been knocked off-line after two Eastern European network providers cut off service to “their downstream customers,” according to an article on TheRegister.
Mary Landesman, researcher with ScanSafe who…
Who Develops Malware and Where Does it Come From?
Published on 19 Feb, 2010 at 16:41 in Cyber | Viewed 702 times | No Comments
Malware, short for malicious software, seems to be more and more prevalent, assaulting users via social networking sites, email and infected web pages. However, we rarely touch on where it comes from and who develops it from a business perspective. The ‘Annual Global Threat Report 2009′ written by ScanSafe provides some insight into these questions.
Security researcher Mary Landesman some…
Critical Infrastructure Targeted by Malware
Organizations within the critical infrastructure, such as oil, energy and chemical industries, experienced a higher percentage of malware in 2009 than organizations in other sectors. According to web security firm ScanSafe, critical infrastructure companies experienced at least twice as much malware as other organizations.
According to ScanSafe’s ‘Annual Global Threat Report 2009,’ the energy and oil industries suffered the largest amount of data-theft Trojans, experiencing over 350 percent more…
