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The Justice Department has filed a preliminary injunction against the operators of the Coreflood botnet– a network of hundreds of thousands of computers infected with malware. In addition to banning the defendants from using Coreflood to commit fraud and to illegally intercept electronic communications, the injunction authorizes the U.S. Marshals Service and FBI to use […] More
A hacker was last week sentenced to two years behind bars for launching a virus that infected nearly 100,000 computers worldwide and directed them to attack media outlets that published stories about him, federal prosecutors said. Bruce Raisley, 48, of Kansas City, Mo., was convicted six months ago of launching a malicious computer program designed […] More
Assistant director for the cyber division of the FBI, Gordon Snow, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee“™s subcommittee on crime and terrorism this week to talk about how the bureau is responding to the ongoing threat of cyber crime terrorism. Snow discussed the overall cyber threat and said he couldn“™t overstate the potential impact the […] More
2010 saw a dramatic increase in cyber crime and targeted botnet attacks, and at its peak around Christmas, the total number of unique botnet victims was 654 percent greater than the victim population at the beginning of the year, according to a new report. “Prior to 2010, many people thought in terms of spam and […] More
A new Trojan affecting Android devices has recently emerged in China, and security researchers say the malware can compromise a significant amount of personal data on a user's phone and send it to remote servers. Dubbed “Geinimi,“ this Trojan is the first Android malware in the wild that displays botnet-like capabilities, according to smartphone security […] More
You do not have to be an infamous, mighty secret-spilling organization to attract the wrong kind of attention. Just ask an Ohio-based web designer, whose whistle-blower site recently fell victim to cyber attacks. Chris Avell, who runs idontgiveascam.com–a whistle-blower site aimed at exposing online business scams– said a DDoS attack caused him an estimated $10,000 […] More
A Russian man believed by the FBI to be responsible for one-third of the world’s spam is scheduled to be arraigned in a Milwaukee, Wis., court today. According to CNN, researchers began tracking down the “Mega-D” spam automated botnet as a prime source of selling counterfeit goods. Allegedly managed by Oleg Nikolaenko, the botnet accounted […] More
During the past year, the Kroxxu bot network, a self-generating network of password-stealing malware, has possibly infected more than 1 million users around the world, but researchers say they have yet to uncover how the botnet herders are making money off their efforts. “There are a number of ways they could be supporting themselves,“ said […] More
Europe must build stronger defenses against cyber attacks and enforce harsher punishments against convicted hackers, the European Commission said yesterday. According to AFP, the commission proposed a new regulation imposing a prison sentence of at least two years for using malicious software or stealing computer passwords to commit a crime. For more serious crimes committed […] More
A computer programmer was last week convicted of launching a virus that infected approximately 100,000 computers around the world and directed them to attack media outlets that republished stories mentioning him. After a six-day trial, the jury returned a guilty verdict against Bruce Raisley of Kansas City, Miss. Raisley was convicted of launching a malicious […] More
Researchers have identified a new botnet based in China that was openly advertising DDoS-for-hire services and had managed to plant roots inside a number of major U.S. ISPs. Damballa researchers discovered the botnet known as IMDDOD a few months ago when coming across suspect domains while investigating another incident. They traced the domains back to […] More
Security researchers have discovered another botnet that uses Twitter as a command and control channel, The Register reports. Malware-infected drones in the Mehika Twitter botnet take instructions from a Twitter account maintained by hackers instead of conventional command and control servers. The use of Twitter as a botnet command channel was first discovered in August […] More
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