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Apple tries to kill iWorm: Zombie botnet feasting on Mac brains

Updates XProtect Apple has updated its XProtect anti-malware system to squash several variants of the iWorm before the malware causes any further damage.…

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Apple tries to kill iWorm: Zombie botnet feasting on Mac brains

Microsoft teams up with Feds, Interpol in ZeroAccess botnet zombie hunt

Just don’t bork our crim-busting honeypots again Microsoft has teamed up with the FBI to launch a renewed attempt to disrupt the operations of the infamous ZeroAccess botnet.…

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Microsoft teams up with Feds, Interpol in ZeroAccess botnet zombie hunt

‘Quarter’ of TWO-MILLION-strong zombie PC army lured to their deaths

Pied piper Symantec says it led infected computers into sinkhole Symantec has claimed credit for luring a significant lump of the powerful ZeroAccess botnet into a sinkhole.…

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‘Quarter’ of TWO-MILLION-strong zombie PC army lured to their deaths

Ruby on Fails: Zombie SERVER army built thanks to Rails bug

The undead are coming, and they have 1Gbps pipes! A critical vulnerability in trendy web programming kit Ruby on Rails is being abused to conscript hacked website servers into a growing botnet army.…

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Ruby on Fails: Zombie SERVER army built thanks to Rails bug

Week in review: Blackhole 2.0 is out, Windows 8 users open to Flash exploits, and botnet C&Cs hidden in the Tor network

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Apache HTTP Server set to ignore IE10's Do Not Track request Microsoft's decision to make Internet Explorer 10 in Wi…

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Week in review: Blackhole 2.0 is out, Windows 8 users open to Flash exploits, and botnet C&Cs hidden in the Tor network