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Warning: The Storm still rages on

News Security vendor Symantec has warned that the Storm worm, the malware which contributes to the Storm botnet, is continuing to evolve and now has two further possible avenues of attack. Storm researcher Jon Stewart, director of malware research for...

Tags: malware, botnet, storm

[07 May 2008]

FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat

Comment Scott O'Neal oversees the FBI's response to computer hacking and botnet attacks by criminals, terrorists and foreign powers. How home users are fuelling the botnet networks The cyber division is one of the faster growing operational departments...

Tags: security, malware, cyber crime

[15 Apr 2008]

Botnets: 'We're screwed', warn security experts

News The botnet problem is getting worse, with no obvious solution in sight, according to Joe Telafici, VP of Avert Operation at McAfee. But Matthew Fine, supervisory special agent with the FBI, said the fact criminals are now going to jail for botnet...

Tags: isps, law, fbi, security

[10 Apr 2008]

Security threats revealed: Beware the metasploit

News While not new, the development of botnets remains a big security concern because the "fast flux" approach used by attackers to protect their robotic networks is making the life of botnet investigators difficult.

Tags: browser, rsa, phishing, botnet

[09 Apr 2008]

Eliminate Spam, Gain Productivity

whitepaper That is, when they are not attacking so powerfully via the infamous "Storm Worm Botnet" for example, as to force a shutdown of a nation's banking, media and police websites, and other systems. Learn all about the dangers and the costs of spam in...

Tags: network security, united states, spam, spammers

[02 Apr 2008]

Botnet Threats and Solutions: Phishing

whitepaper This white paper examines the existence of and interactions within the botnet ecosystem that enables phishing - a fraudulent type of spam - and the ensuing damage. Off late malicious attacks involving tens of thousands of virus-infected PCs...

Tags: network security

[28 Mar 2008]

Android laid bare, dressing for success, grown up social networking...

News Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet As ever, security scares abounded with revelations that cash machines could be easily hacked and a warning from a gambling website about an "unstoppable botnet".

Tags: android, outsourcing, india, linkedin

[27 Mar 2008]

Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet

News A major UK gambling business has warned that all commercial websites are at risk from a new type of unstoppable and undetectable botnet denial of service attack. Attackers disguised the build up of traffic from up to 30,000 PC and Apple Mac botnet...

Tags: ddos, security, botnet, attack

[06 Mar 2008]

UK banks targeted by phishing attacks

News The attacks could mark the emergence of a new threat from the Storm botnet, according to a report from security company RSA's Anti-Fraud Command Center (AFCC). Attackers used the Storm botnet as a fast flux-network, frequently rotating the IP...

Tags: phishing, botnet, rsa, attacks

[15 Feb 2008]

Europe dishing out more spam than US

News The largest botnet sending spam is Storm, said Sjostedt. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets C is for CMA D is for DDoS E is for Extradition

Tags: email, europe, us, spam

[07 Feb 2008]

Killing Botnets: A View From the Trenches

whitepaper IntruShield is critical to pinpointing and disrupting botnet controlers and interrupts several phases of botnet infection in the ongoing war against botnets. McAfee IntruShield IPS protects telcos, Internet service providers (ISPs), enterprises...

Tags: infrastructure management, botnet, war, service providers

[07 Jan 2008]

Solving the spyware problem

whitepaper This Sophos positioning paper details the size of the spyware threat and educates on the risks that password stealers, keyloggers, Trojans, botnet worms, and other spyware threats pose to your business.

Tags: spyware, protection, spam, risks

[12 Dec 2007]

Solving the spyware problem

whitepaper This Sophos positioning paper details the size of the spyware threat and educates on the risks that password stealers, keyloggers, Trojans, botnet worms, and other spyware threats pose to your business.

Tags: protection, spyware, threat, spam

[12 Dec 2007]

Police close in on NZ botnet ringleader

News New Zealand police have cracked down on an alleged botnet ringleader in New Zealand, who the FBI claims had illegal control over one million computers. Since Operation Bot Roast was announced last June, eight individuals have been indicted, pled...

Tags: botnet, fbi, police, attack

[03 Dec 2007]

Cheat Sheet: Supercomputing

Cheat Sheet Blue Gene/L is the most powerful supercomputer in existence but the criminals behind the Storm Worm have created a botnet containing millions of PCs with a combined computing power greater than that of Blue Gene/L's.

Tags: supercomputing, blue gene, petaflop, ibm

[20 Nov 2007]

Malware: From bedroom to boardroom

Comment Heralding the beginning of the botnet phenomenon, Sobig was rapidly followed by a whole host of imitators such as MyDoom, Netsky and Bagel. The best example of this new-breed botnet Trojan is the now-notorious Storm Worm.

Tags: security, botnets, trojans, viruses

[19 Nov 2007]

Storm Worm still evolving - Symantec

News The Storm botnet was initially created at the beginning of 2007, when the Storm worm was sent out via spam, hiding in email attachments with a subject line of "230 dead as storm batters Europe". The Storm Worm has evolved again, researchers from...

Tags: storm worm, security, botnet, symantec

[05 Nov 2007]

Pump-and-dump MP3 email spam warning

News David Vella, product manager for GFI Software, told silicon.com: "We think it is running through zombie botnet hijacked PCs which are sending this type of new spam. The MP3 attachments, which range from around 85KB to 147KB in size, feature a poor...

Tags: bandwidth, spam, mp3

[19 Oct 2007]

Storm botnet 'services' for hire?

News The owners of the Storm botnet, whose identities are as yet unknown, could be preparing to sell off the "services" of segments of the network, according to Joe Stewart, a researcher from managed security services company SecureWorks.

Tags: spammer, botnet, storm worm

[17 Oct 2007]

Cyber criminals building more but smaller botnets

News The zombie army can be controlled remotely with the botnet creators usually trying to build the largest possible botnet of compromised computers to rent out to gangs for as little as $100 for a couple of hours.

Tags: f-secure, malware, botnet

[28 Sep 2007]

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