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Botnet army flicks ‘off’ switch at UK crime agency website

Suspiciously close to Soca’s shutdown of stolen-data shops The UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency’s website has been taken offline following a DDoS attack that started last night and is still going on.…

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Botnet army flicks ‘off’ switch at UK crime agency website

Dr. Web disputes Flashback Mac Trojan bot army estimates

Much bigger than Symantec says Efforts by Apple and anti-virus vendors to kill the vast botnet assembled by notorious Flashback Mac Trojan may be much less successful than previously thought.…

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Dr. Web disputes Flashback Mac Trojan bot army estimates

Number-munching clouds are godsend for cybercrooks – experts

Perfect platform for password forcing, DDoS attacks Cloud computing providers came under fire today from security experts who blamed them for giving cyber-criminals the tools to launch attacks more easily, efficiently and anonymously than ever before.…

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Number-munching clouds are godsend for cybercrooks – experts

Kelihos zombies erupt from mass graves after botnet massacre

Pumping spam, entering backdoors again almost right away Security researchers have warned that the resurrected Kelihos botnet blasted off the face of the web yesterday is still alive.…

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Kelihos zombies erupt from mass graves after botnet massacre

Sality botnet takedown plans posted online

Valid attack could seize infected machines Updated   A self-describer “law-abiding citizen” has posted attack plans against the Sality botnet on the Full Disclosure security mailing list, along with a tongue-in-cheek warning not to enact them since that would be illegal.…

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Sality botnet takedown plans posted online