Symantec and Microsoft have teamed up to take down the Bamital botnet, and are currently in the process of warning users infected with the Trojan on how to remove it from their computers. “Bamital …
Monthly Archives: February 2013
‘$1m-a-year’ botnet gets shut down
A botnet that took control of up to one million computers is shut down in a major security operation.
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‘$1m-a-year’ botnet gets shut down
Microsoft techies bust data centres, pull plug on Bamital botnet
Sorry about your servers, they fell down some stairs The Bamital web-search-hijacking botnet has been taken down by security researchers from Microsoft and Symantec with help from the Feds. The crack unit raided a number of data centres where the botnet’s servers were located.…
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Microsoft techies bust data centres, pull plug on Bamital botnet
Business is booming for exploits, mobile malware
Business is thriving for exploits, mobile malware is still dominated by Android and Symbian, and botnets are back and retooled, according to a new threat report from F-Secure Labs. “The world of m…