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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…

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DDoS attack sizes plateau, complex multi-vector attacks on the rise

Arbor Networks released its 8th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR) offering a rare view into the most critical security challenges facing today’s network operators. Based on su…

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DDoS attack sizes plateau, complex multi-vector attacks on the rise

Cutwail botnet on spam rampage, delivers Cridex worm

Since its inception some six years ago, the Cutwail / Pandex botnet experienced its fair share of setbacks, but it's still going strong. The main reason for its existence is to send out millions of…

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Cutwail botnet on spam rampage, delivers Cridex worm

Week in review: Remote Linksys 0-day root exploit discovered, the Pobelka botnet, and a year of Microsoft patches

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, videos, reviews and articles: Looking back at a year of Microsoft patches Last year Microsoft's Patch Tuesdays featured a total of …

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Week in review: Remote Linksys 0-day root exploit discovered, the Pobelka botnet, and a year of Microsoft patches

Fox-IT analysts demystify the Pobelka botnet

Analysts from Dutch-based security audit firm Fox-IT have recently released examined in great detail a botnet that has been around for quite some time, and is still functioning and bringing money to i…

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Fox-IT analysts demystify the Pobelka botnet

Large-scale DDoS attacks grow bigger and more diversified

In addition to increasing attack sizes, attack volume grew in Q4 2012 and reached the highest number of attacks Prolexic has logged for one quarter, according to Prolexic. Traditional Layer 3 and…

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Waledac botmasters use Virut malware to build a new botnet

Despite having been swooped down on by security companies and law enforcement a couple of times, the botmasters of the Waledac (Kelihos) botnet refuse to give up and are using new variants to set up n…

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Waledac botmasters use Virut malware to build a new botnet

DDoS attackers on U.S. banks get help from hired botnets

It's already common knowledge that major commercial bank in the U.S. are under a new series of DDoS attacks. As with the first one, the responsibility for this one that started in December was cl…

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DDoS attackers on U.S. banks get help from hired botnets