Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, reviews and articles: Cost of Advanced Evasion Techniques in recent data breaches A new report by McAfee examines the controversy…
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Week in review: AET costs, Windows XP deadline, routers expose ISPs to DNS-based DDoS attacks
Botnet decap should be a team effort – ex-detective infosec bod Botnet takedowns need to be improved if the industry is to avoid the risk of creating more problems than it solves every time its decapitates a zombie network, according to a former Scotland Yard detective turned security researcher.…
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Must try HARDER, infosec lads: We’re RUBBISH at killing ZOMBIES
Hint: Sometimes gamer tags give the game away Analysis of IRC logs and open source intelligence played a key role in the successful police prosecution that led up the conviction of a member of Anonymous for conspiracy to launch denial of service attacks against PayPal and other firms.…
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UK cops: How we sniffed out convicted AnonOps admin ‘Nerdo’
Following an investigation that lasted 10 months, Russian police authorities have managed to arrest the 22-year-old operator of one of the largest botnets known to date. According to a press rele…
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Massive botnet shut down after botmaster's arrest