Malware City/News

Feb
26

Symantec has claimed businesses are losing an average £1.2 million through cyber attacks.

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
Cyber attacks are costing businesses £1.2 million each according to a new survey by security firm Symantec.

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Malware City/News

Feb
23

Chuck Norris botnet doesn't infect routers...

Filed Under: SECURITY ALERTS
...it stares them down until they infect themselves

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Malware City/News

Oct
23

Botnet click fraud at record high

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
Malware-infected computers are increasingly being used to perpetrate click fraud, according to a study released Thursday that found their contribution was the highest since researchers began compiling statistics on the crime.

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Malware City/News

Sep
15

Botnet discovered on Linux servers

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
A network of hijacked Linux servers is apparently being used to distribute malicious software to Windows PCs.

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Malware City/News

Aug
14

Twitter-based Botnet Command Channel

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
While digging around I found a botnet that uses Twitter as its command and control structure.

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Malware City/News

May
5

Researchers hijack botnet, score 56,000 passwords in an hour

Filed Under: TECHNOLOGIES
The Torpig botnet was hijacked by the good guys for ten days earlier this year before its controllers issued an update and took the botnet back.

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Malware City/News

Apr
23

Researchers Find Massive Botnet On Nearly 2 Million Infected Consumer

Filed Under: SECURITY ALERTS
More than 70 government-owned domains hit, and nearly half of the overall infections are in the U.S.

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Malware City/News

Feb
10

ASProx botnet dials into Conficker domains

Filed Under: SECURITY ALERTS
The zombie network created by the Conficker worm is yet to go "live", but it's displaying curious behaviour that yields potential clues to its origins and purpose.

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