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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Alleged Kelihos botnet creator named by Microsoft Microsoft says the man lives in St. Petersburg and used for work for a computer security software company
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Facebook to name and shame Russian Koobface gang Researchers publish identities in face of police inaction
Monday, November 14, 2011
Is the Anonymous threat on Toronto credible? OPINION The City is taking the hacking collective seriously when it threatens to remove Toronto from the Internet if members of the Occupy Toronto movement are evicted.
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Microsoft: No botnet is indestructible "Nothing is impossible," says Microsoft attorney in counter to claims that the TDL-4 botnet is untouchable. Last week, Kaspersky Labs called the TDL-4 botnet "the most sophisticated threat today"
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Microsoft pursues botnet herders via Russian newspapers Ads notify unnamed defendants in a legal suit and give them an opportunity to make their case, but a Microsoft executive admits that's unlikely
Friday, February 11, 2011
Cybercriminals threaten tablets and smart phones Mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones are being increasingly infected by viruses, botnets and malware, according to McAfee
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Online activists used 30,000-node botnet in PayPal attack PayPal is the latest target as WikiLeaks hacktivists continue their attacks. Unlike Visa and MasterCard, the Web site is critical to PayPal's business
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Microsoft will look to courts for botnet takedowns The company says its legal efforts helped reduce the prevalence of computers infected with Waledac. Find out more
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Microsoft pitches PC isolation ward to defeat botnets The move won't fly with users and won't stop the botnet menace, counters a noted researcher
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Moscow police investigate ransomware A gang made US$25,000 in a month from victims who had to send text messages to unlock their PCs. A Kaspersky expert says the miscreants are paying others to spread the malware through blogs and botnets
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Intel CISO: The biggest security threat today is . . . Malcolm Harkins talks about how he made threat detection and information protection a priority at the world's largest chipmaker, why he allows some freedom to compute and the implications of social media
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Conficker a year later is a ‘loaded gun’ There are still 6.5 million PCs infected with Conficker/Downadup a year after the worm hit. The botnet has never been used and it’s just a matter of time before someone decides to pull the trigger
Monday, February 01, 2010
Botnet targets Web sites with junk SSL connection The aim of the odd attack is unknown but it's not knocking the sites offline, the Shadowserver Foundation says. Experts say it’s part of the Pushdo botnet, which is used to send out spam but also capable of sending other malware to computers
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
ISPs could cut spam easily, says expert A Trend Micro security executive explains two techniques ISPs should be implementing to reduce spam and botnets. Find out what they are
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Network security threats to watch in 2010 Good patching procedures and outbound firewall rules will go far in protecting your organization from botnets, but hackers are now targeting Adobe Acrobat, the Symbian mobile operating system and other software. How to protect yourself from the threats of 2010
Friday, October 09, 2009
Bahama botnet uses Canuck links to steal Google traffic Compromised machines take users to a fake Google page hosted in Canada, where search "results" are masked as cost-per-click ads...
Friday, August 07, 2009
Why were Twitter and Facebook attacked? Was it jealous IRC users? A botnet vigilante? A grudge against a political blogger? Experts float their theories on the motivation behind the DDoS attack 
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Conficker's first scam Using one of the oldest tricks in the book, Conficker C downloads a fake antivirus program called Spyware Protect 2009 and hits victims for $49.95 a pop
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Srizbi botnet active again Back from the dead. The zombie computers of one of the world's largest botnets have sprung back to life barely two weeks after the network was reported to have been shut down
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Hacker unleashes SQL injector update The Asprox botnet has a new executable file that installs as a service called Microsoft Security Center Extension. Find out how it spreads
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Why we’re losing the botnet battle Able to launch denial of service attacks, capture names and passwords and steal the contents of vital documents, botnets have been dubbed the Swiss Army knife of crime on the internet. Not only are they a growing menace, but they are also becoming more sophisticated. This article will help you better know your enemy. 
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Web of crime: Who's catching the cybercrooks? In 2004, after months of putting a virtual tail on a hacker who called himself Pherk, Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Timothy Nestor had the guy right where he wanted him. Though unsure of Pherk's identity, Special Agent Nestor was tracking every digital footstep the hacker took as he wreaked havoc on dozens of businesses by shutting down their online storefronts.
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