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• Botnet’s New Component Imitates Human Facebook Users

  
  CyberInsecure.com — Authority: 126
  The Koobface botnet has pushed out a new component that automates the following routines:Registering a Facebook accountConfirming an email address in Gmail to activate the registered Facebook accountJoining random Facebook groupsAdding Facebook friendsPosting messages to Facebook friends’ wallsOverall, this new ...
  1 day ago

• The good guys win a small victory

  
  The PC Informant — Authority: 140
  The odds are on the side of the cybercriminals and their botnets but now and then there’s a small triumph for our side. A major botnet has been temporarily stymied; Ars Technica reports : Security researchers have taken down a major spam offender, though the dip in spam levels may be only temporary. Members of ...
  1 day ago

• Mega-D spam botnet targeted by security firm (TechWorld)

  
  Adam Dicker | Domain Expert — Authority: 157
  FireEye contacted ISPs and registrars to help shut down botnet A computer security company known for battling botnets moved last week to try to shut down a persistent spam player. See more here: Mega-D spam botnet targeted by security firm (TechWorld)
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• New Click Forensics Platform Helps Comparison Shopping Engines Make the Most of the Internet Holiday Season

  
  Ad Operations Online — Authority: 483
  Online Audience Verification Platform Improves Search Advertising Traffic Sent to Merchants AUSTIN, Texas – While millions of online shoppers will turn to comparison shopping engines before making a purchase this holiday season, many visitors to these sites will be botnets looking to steal money from merchants. To ...
  1 day ago

• Coordinated Effort Knocked Out Of Commission Mega-D/Ozdok Botnet

  
  CyberInsecure.com — Authority: 126
  A botnet that was once responsible for an estimated third of the world’s spam has been knocked out of commission thanks to researchers from security firm FireEye.After carefully analyzing the machinations of the massive botnet, alternately known as Mega-D and Ozdok, the FireEye employees last week launched a ...
  2 days ago

• FireEye Moves Quickly to Quash Mega-D Botnet (PC World via Yahoo! News)

  
  Adam Dicker | Domain Expert — Authority: 157
  A computer security company known for battling botnets moved last week to try to shut down a persistent spam player. See the rest here: FireEye Moves Quickly to Quash Mega-D Botnet (PC World via Yahoo! News)
  2 days ago

• Source code for ikee iPhone worm in the wild

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  A 21 years old Australian has launched the first iPhone worm to automatically exploit jailbroken devices. With the source code now in the wild, how long before copycats start modifying and improving it?
  2 days ago

• Zombies & Child Pornography: Protect Your Computer, Protect Your Reputation

  
  Commtouch Caf — Authority: 112
  Unbeknownst to computer owners, malware infects millions of computers around the world. Many times, these malicious software programs create “zombies,” or “bots” where the computer is taken over by an outside party and used to send spam or perform other notorious processes. An army of zombies makes up a ...
  2 days ago

• Mac OS X mega patch covers 58 security vulnerabilities

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  The most serious of the flaws could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of an unpatched system.
  3 days ago

• Computer Security Software – Why Desktop Vulnerability Assessment is a Must-Have Weapon in the Coming War Against Botnets

  
  Wael Isa — Authority: 146
  Cyber-criminals would have to find another job, could they not rely on two big “friends”. Human nature, with its traits of trusting, credulousness, negligence and curiosity is certainly the most powerful leverage in any hacker’s arsenal. Even in a world of perfect technology, crackers will use human weaknesses ...
  3 days ago

• CBS 60 Minutes tackles cyber-terrorism

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  Could hackers get into the computer systems that run crucial elements of the worlds infrastructure, such as the power grids, water works or even a nations military arsenal? CBS News 60 Minutes reports.
  3 days ago

• Spain Leads World in Botnet Infections

  
  Anti spam and general email security in a business environment — Authority: 466
  A new report by security researchers has revealed that S pain is currently the country with the most infected computers. A whopping 44.5% of all computers in that country are infected with malware and part of a botnet.  The United States is a distant second with 14.4%.  The countries with the least infections are ...
  3 days ago

• Adventures in Russian Malware

  
  Nart Villeneuve — Authority: 452
  I just posted an analysis of a pcap file from a political figure. While I expected to find targeted malware tat was possibly associated with political activities, I found a bunch of Russian/Ukrainian malware. What I found interesting, and which seems to match what key security community folks are seeing (here and ...
  6 days ago

• Festi Botnet Joins the Big 5

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 137
  Symantec’s MessageLabs Intelligence, has just reported that the Cutwail, Bagle, Grum, and Rustock botnets, have been joined by a new botnet – Festi, which now accounts for 3-6% of the daily global spam.As a percentage this doesn’t sound like an impressive number, but translated into actual spam volume; 1.5 to 3 ...
  6 days ago

• Windows 7s default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  8 out of 10 malware samples tested on Windows 7 with default UAC (user access control) settings dont trigger a warning.
  1 week ago

• Swedish Signals Intelligence Agency Taken Offline By A Massive DDoS Attack

  
  CyberInsecure.com — Authority: 126
  The website of the Swedish Signals Intelligence agency (Försvarets Radioanstalt, or FRA) was taken offline by a massive DDoS attack this week.Fra.se was intermittently inaccessible from Monday night until Thursday morning, when full service was restored. The agency was in the news recently after Swedish legislators ...
  1 week ago

• Which antivirus is best at removing malware?

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  According to a comparative review of sixteen antivirus solutions, only a few were successful at completely removing the malware they were tested against.
  1 week ago

• The malware industry

  
  The PC Informant — Authority: 140
  I’ve posted before about how cybercrime has become an organized industry but here’s some more on the subject; it’s a Microsoft report entitled, Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 7. PC World comments : Malware makers – the criminals responsible for viruses and worms – have become ...
  1 week ago

• Facebook Is Used As Command And Control Channel For Crimeware Distributors

  
  CyberInsecure.com — Authority: 126
  Crimeware distributors have begun using Facebook as a command and control channel for a Trojan that turns compromised Windows PCs into zombie drones.Zombie clients poll the Notes section of the mobile version of Facebook for instructions. Compromised clients might be instructed to download further code from a ...
  1 week ago

• iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  Yesterday, a “Your iPhone’s been hacked because it’s really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your phone right now!” message popped up on the screens of a large number of automatically exploited Dutch iPhone users, demanding $4.95 for instructions on how to secure their iPhones and remove the ...
  1 week ago

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