Botnet

Android Malware Scam Nets Millions Per Year

Criminals have created a network of infected Android devices that could be netting millions per year, researchers say

13 years ago

FBI To Shut Down DNSChanger Botnet Servers

The FBI is preparing to shut down servers for the DNSChanger botnet, which will leave thousands of infected computers unable…

13 years ago

Microsoft Names Developer Behind The Kelihos Spam Botnet

Microsoft has amended its original Kelihos civil lawsuit to add a Russian security professional as the developer of the spamming…

13 years ago

Clues To Botmaster Identity Revealed In Chat Logs

Clues and details about the Cutwail botnet and its creator have been discovered in chat logs by Russian authorities

13 years ago

Spam Takes Back Seat As Targeted Attacks Rise

Criminals are not replacing botnets but are instead turning to more targeted attacks, researchers warn

13 years ago

Microsoft Court Order Shuts Down Kelihos Botnet

Microsoft continues to wage war with botnets after gaining a court order to take down Kelihos

13 years ago

Rapid Spread Of Cracked SpyEye Trojan Code Expected

Experts predict an explosion in SpyEye variants now the pricey kit is openly available cheap – or even free

13 years ago

Hackers Use Botnets To Search For Victims

Hackers are using botnets and specially crafted search queries called “Dorks” to identify vulnerable websites

13 years ago

Rustock Botnet Size Halved Since Server Takedown

Microsoft released the latest statistics for the crippled Rustock spam server it helped to take down in March

13 years ago

‘Indestructible’ Botnet Of 4.5m Discovered

Kaspersky Labs researchers have found a botnet of more than 4.5m computers that is almost 'indestructible'

13 years ago

DNS-Based Malware Protection Service From OpenDNS

The OpenDNS malware protection service will detect and block all DNS requests to known malicious servers

13 years ago

HMRC To Use ‘Web Robots’ To Hunt Down Tax Cheats

Tax cheats beware: HM Revenue & Customs is planning to use web bots to crack down on tax evasion

13 years ago

Damballa Helps ISPs To Kill Botnets Automatically

Damballa improves ISPs' ability to monitor and identify infected subscriber devices on their networks

13 years ago

FBI Reprogram Botnet To Wipe Out Coreflood

The FBI has seized control of the Coreflood botnet, now it is cleaning-up and killing the web of zombies

14 years ago

McAfee Intrusion Prevention System Goes Virtual

Virtual and physical internal network traffic can now be inspected in McAfee's Network Security Platform

14 years ago

Spam Volumes Dip After Seizure Of Rustock Servers

The global volume of spam has dropped dramatically after Rustock's servers were seized by US Marshalls

14 years ago

Rustock Botnet Ceases Activity But May Be Sleeping

Reports say the spam-spewing Rustock botnet has suddenly and inexplicably gone silent - again

14 years ago

Security Researchers Uncover US-Based DDoS Botnet

The US-based Skunkx botnet carries out DDoS attacks, while also rooting out rival botnet clients on the host

14 years ago

Malware Attackers Use Social Sites As Control Centres

Sophisticated malware attackers increasingly use services and social networking sites for control operations

14 years ago

Spam Returns With a Vengence After Christmas Lull

The number of spam messages is now back to its normal painful levels after the Christmas break

14 years ago

Kaspersky: Truncated URLs May Lead To Botnet Hell

Shortened tweeted URLs can often lead to malicious websites, warns Kaspersky

14 years ago

Damballa Shows Failsafe Botnet Detection Tool

Damballa's Failsafe appliance lets IT managers detect botnet-infected machines and priorities remedies

14 years ago

Scottish Hacker Gets 18 Months Prison Sentence

The Scottish spammer who pleaded guilty last month to charges of distributing malware has been jailed

14 years ago

‘Digital Vaccine’ Needed To Beat Botnets

A government-backed vaccination scheme is needed to tackle the huge number of infected PCs, say researchers

14 years ago

Endgame Systems’ Reputation Service Sniffs Out Botnets

Startup ipTrust will warn businesses when botnets strike by revealing links form specific IP addresses to Web-threats

14 years ago

Iranian Cyber Army To Sell Botnets

The Iranian Cyber Army which attacked Twitter and others late last year, is to sell access to its botnets

14 years ago

Scottish Hacker Faces Jail Following Malware Probe

An Aberdeenshire man has admitted to using spam messages to infect millions of PCs with malware

14 years ago

Botnet Warning As Spammers Prep For Holiday Season

Security expert are warning that new botnets are on the way after recording a rise in virus activity in the…

14 years ago

Microsoft Names US As Botnet Central

A Microsoft report has identified the United States as the main focus for computers infected with rogue botnets

14 years ago

Russian Domains Increase As China Cans Spam

There has been a noticeable increase in Russian spam domains since China changed its domain registration requirements in 2009

14 years ago