Cops analysing command and control server … in Hampshire Euro cybercrime cops have taken down the RAMNIT botnet, which has infected 3.2 million computers worldwide, including 33,000 in the UK.…
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Europol shuts down darn RAMNIT botnet
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3 million strong RAMNIT botnet taken down
The National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) worked with law enforcement colleagues in the Netherlands, Italy and Germany, co-ordinated through Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC…
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Read() or alive, you’re coming with me: Feds offer $3m reward for ‘CryptoLocker baron’
Evgeniy Bogachev accused of GameOver ZeuS botnet crimes The US State Department and the FBI, have stumped up $3m in reward money for the arrest of Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, the 30-year-old Russian man accused of stealing over $100m with his malware.…
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Read() or alive, you’re coming with me: Feds offer $3m reward for ‘CryptoLocker baron’
Dutch government websites KO’d by 10-hour DDoS
Sustained assault took down gov mouthpiece The Netherlands government’s websites were taken offline for around 10 hours on Wednesday following a DDoS attack.…
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Dutch government websites KO’d by 10-hour DDoS
Anonymous loose cannon admits DDoSing social services and housing websites
51-yr-old Liverpudlian cuffed after bragging on social media A middle-aged Briton has admitted running a series of debilitating denial of service attacks against social services, social housing and crime prevention websites.…
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Anonymous loose cannon admits DDoSing social services and housing websites
ACHTUNG! Scary Linux system backdoor turns boxes into DDoS droids
Xnote.1 – the Swiss Army knife of malware Cybercrooks have cooked up a backdoor for Linux-powered systems, which boasts multiple malicious functions.…
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We take bots down, but they get up again – you’re never going to keep them down
Dell analysis shows ZeroAccess botnet still slinging out A combined attack on one of the world’s biggest networks of infected PCs has been partially successful: analysis from Dell SecureWorks shows you can’t keep a bad botnet down.…
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We take bots down, but they get up again – you’re never going to keep them down
Lizard Squad’s DDoS website hacked, unencrypted customer database stolen
The hacker group that calls itself the “Lizard Squad” has received another serious blow: LizardStresser(dot)su, the website where customers go to rent their DDoS service powered by a botnet of mostly …
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Lizard Squad’s DDoS website hacked, unencrypted customer database stolen
Week in review: Google discloses Windows flaw, French sites under attack, Android users in danger
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: LizardSquad's DDoS service is powered by hacked home routers The preponderance of routers represented in the botnet …
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Week in review: Google discloses Windows flaw, French sites under attack, Android users in danger
19,000 French websites hit by DDoS, defaced in wake of terror attack
Since the three day terror attack that started in France on January 7 with the attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, 19,000 websites of French-based companies have been targeted by cyber attack…
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19,000 French websites hit by DDoS, defaced in wake of terror attack