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Subscribers to Virgin Media who are running infected machines and are part of botnets can expect to be notified by the company, telling the user to increase their security, as part of a new initiative. Virgin Media, which is the UK’s third-largest ISP, will look to match compromised IP addresses collected by the Shadowserver Foundation, […] More
A server-based botnet that attacks unsecure websites is currently launching a flood of attacks over the Internet, according to security researchers. The attacks are attempting to hack secure shells protecting Linux boxes, routers and other network devices by guessing the login credentials. The botnet hits websites that run an outdated version of phpMyAdmin, according to […] More
Top cyber threats exploit the increased corporate use of cloud computing, social networking, and use of Macs and smartphones for remote access, according to a mid-year summary by a firewall vendor. SonicWALL, Inc. last week released its mid-year summary of the top cyber crime trends for 2010. From July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, […] More
Security researchers have discovered a botnet which appeared to control around 100,000 users in the United Kingdom. The cyber criminals running the botnet appear to be based in Eastern Europe and have been using the botnet to carry out financial fraud. Researchers with Trusteer, a secure browsing service provider, discovered a Zeus version 2 botnet […] More
Security researchers have managed to infiltrate a botnet which had amassed around 60GB of stolen information. The command and control servers were in charge of some 55,000 zombie computers by the time researchers infiltrated the botnet, according to researchers with AVG. The botnet appeared to be the work of a sophisticated criminal gang called the […] More
A security researcher has discovered a Russian cyber crime gang that uses botnets to steal and print millions of dollars worth of false invoices. The gang then recruits money mules to cash the counterfeit checks. The scam, which is highly automated, begins with the infiltration of online check archiving and verification services which often store […] More
A man believed to a malware author has been arrested in Slovenia. The 23-year-old virus writer, known as Iserdo, is said to be the author of the Mariposa virus, which infected more than 12.7 million computers and was dismantled earlier this year. Since its discovery, law enforcement organizations in the United States and Europe have […] More
Slovenian police have arrested four suspects amid allegations that the four developed the Mariposa botnet malware. The arrests come of the heels of a joint investigation between Slovenian police and the FBI. Earlier this year, three suspects were arrested in Spain and are charged with distributing the malware. According to STA, a Slovenian news agency, […] More
Researchers at RSA FraudAction Research Lab have recently discovered a banking Trojan being hosted by a public social networking site. Any site which allows users to upload any type of content is vulnerable to the Trojan’s configurations, RSA says. “The Lab recently traced a social network profile that contained encrypted instructions for a variant of […] More
As malware becomes more prevalent, the number of infected computers continues to grow, some of which are becoming part of large-scale botnets. So what can you do to protect yourself from joining the “botnet Army?” A botnet is a string of computers that are each infected with malware. The infected computers are linked back to […] More
A botnet that was being used to target Mexicans has been taken down, apparently by the cyber criminal who set it up, according to TrendMicro. “The botnet appears to have been taken down by the owners themselves,” writes Ranieri Romera, a senior threat researcher with TrendMicro. “The botnet's controllers sent out new instructions to all […] More
The Australian government and the Internet Industry Association (IIA) have launched a new effort to reduce the number of malware infected computers on the Internet. The new code, which was crafted by IIA, outlines ways that Internet service providers (ISPs) can work to protect other Internet users and the individuals running infected machines. The suggestions […] More
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