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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Red 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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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’
Calling all cybercrooks: Ready-made phone attack rig for sale
Kit used as part of online banking fraud Cybercrooks are marketing a hardware-based tool for running denial of service attacks on telephone systems.…
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ACHTUNG! Scary Linux backdoor turns your box into a DDoS platform
Xnote.1 – the Swiss Army knife of malware Cybercrooks have cooked up a Linux backdoor boasting multiple malicious functions.…
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ACHTUNG! Scary Linux backdoor turns your box into a DDoS platform
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
2014 in infosec: Spammers sneak small botnets under the wire, Java is dull
Crims also move to Silverlight, according to Cisco Cisco’s annual report on the state of global cybersecurity claims spammers just won’t die and are using new tactics to avoid detection by filters; malware programmers are abandoning exploiting Java; and there’s a possible silver cloud in the Sony Pictures hacking storm.…
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2014 in infosec: Spammers sneak small botnets under the wire, Java is dull
Finnish bank takes cricket bat to wave after wave of DDoS varmints
When they were up, they were up, and when they were down… Finnish bank OP is continuing to fight off a cascading series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that began on New Year’s Eve.…
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Finnish bank takes cricket bat to wave after wave of DDoS varmints
Sony FINGERS DDoS attackers for ruining PlayStation’s Xmas
Malefactors turned festivities into a turkey for online gamers Sony has blamed distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attackers for causing PlayStation’s network to go titsup on Christmas Day.…
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