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Commtouch: 71 percent increase in new zombies
According to researchers from Commtouch, since the start of the malware outbreaks, they have recorded a 71% increase in new zombies.
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Rustock botnet sends 39 percent of all spam
Botnets are now responsible for sending 95 percent of all spam and almost half of that spam comes from a single botnet, Rustock.
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Image Gallery: June's cyber threat landscape
June's cyber threat landscape gallery, features images from the malware, spam, phishing and crimeware campaigns that took place during the month. See also: Image Gallery: April's cyber threat...
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Botnets for hire - $8.94 per hour
Botnets for hire shows how little financial muscle or technical expertise is needed to carry out attacks, according to VeriSign iDefense.
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Image Gallery: April's cyber threat landscape
Facebook phishing campaigns serving ZeuS crimeware, new Mac OS X malware variant, yet another cyber espionage network exposed, next to several reports detailing Opt-In botnets and how outdated...
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Mac OS X ransomware - hype or real threat?
In need of a fresh example that cybercriminals are actively looking for ways to monetize infected Mac OS X hosts? Early-stage discussions at several web forums, including a PoC (proof of concept,...
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Social engineering tactics of the Koobface botnet
The gang behind the Koobface botnet is periodically updating the template it relies on for infecting new years. Here are some of the most popular ones introduced by the gang throughout the year.
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Reseachers run one million virtual machines to help flight botnet problem
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) have demonstrated a supercomputer running more than one million virtual computers that will provide insight into the behavior of botnets. Botnets...
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Inside the botnets that never make the news
This gallery offers an inside view of those "beneath the radar" botnets that never make the news. The images have been collected throughout the past year by using open source intelligence, namely,...
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Botnet contains 1.9 million infected computers
Security firm Finjan traced the command-and-control server to the Ukraine by intercepting a Trojan and tracking its communications.
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Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year
Online networks suffered their heaviest brute force attacks to date this year, with more sites than ever coming under sustained assault.
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29% of Internet users buy from spam emails
29% of Internet users have purchased goods from spam emails, according to Marshal. The most commonly purchased items include sexual enhancement pills, software, adult material and luxury items...
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Microsoft serves subpoenas on Google to disrupt criminal botnet
New details have emerged in a massive lawsuit by Microsoft and the banking industry to take down a global botnet based on the Zeus Trojan. Ironically, the leak occurred when Google exercised its...
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iRobot's military bots get smarter and more agile (photos)
A look inside iRobot's workshop to build robots able to get home on their own, establish a mesh network, and pick up things without destroying them.
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Mac botnet generated $10,000 a day for Flashback gang
Flashback was robbing Google of advertising dollars by redirecting clicks from infected Mac OS X machines and stealing the ad revenue.
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New data shows older OS X versions more susceptible to malware
New details about the extent of the Mac-specific Flashback malware epidemic emerged today. The Russian security firm that has been actively investigating infected Macs found older versions of OS X...
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Russian security firm says Flashback infection rates still high
Last week's reports of a sharp decline in infections by the Flashback malware may have been premature. A new report by Dr. Web says 566,000 Macs are still infected, with new infections appearing...
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America's cyber czar speaks
Howard Schmidt, the man in charge of modernizing and guarding the nation's cyberspace, talks shop at Bloomberg's 2012 Cybersecurity Conference.
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Second source confirms: 1 in 100 Macs are infected by Flashback
A second source has now confirmed previously reported research: at least 600,000 Macs worldwide are infected with the Flashback malware downloader. That's a staggering number, representing about...
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Microsoft vs. botnets: Vendors as CSI could become weird
Does Microsoft's public-private approach to taking down botnets scale? And if so what's the role of tech vendors?
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