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  • Microsoft's 'Operation b49' chokes Waledac botnet

    Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit has effectively shut down the Waledac botnet, cutting off cybercriminal access to hundreds of thousands of infected Windows computers around the world.

    Blog posts | February 25, 2010 9:36am PST

  • Report: Conficker in attack mode

    According to the Xinhua News Agency, the Conficker worm is now reportedly installing a second mass-mailing virus into already infected machines.

    News items | April 29, 2009 4:58am PDT

  • Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business model

    The Conficker botnet has stirred to life, using its peer-to-peer communication system to update itself and download scareware (fake anti-virus programs) to millions of infected Windows machines....

    Blog posts | April 9, 2009 8:36am PDT

  • Fake "Conficker Infection Alert" spam campaign circulating

    Researchers at Marshal8e6's TRACElabs have intercepted a spam campaign that's issuing bogus "Conficker Infection Alerts" and redirecting users to rogue security software upon clicking on the...

    Blog posts | April 9, 2009 6:01am PDT

  • Legal concerns stop researchers from disrupting the Storm Worm botnet

    What if security researchers were able to disrupt the leftovers of the Storm Worm botnet thanks to a flaw in its communication model allowing them to redirect infected hosts and eventually...

    Blog posts | January 16, 2009 2:28pm PST

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  • 500,000 stolen email passwords discovered in Waledac's cache

    Researchers peek inside the Waledac botnet to find 489,528 stolen email passwords, next to another cache of 123,920 stolen FTP passwords. Time to change your passwords?

    Blog posts | February 2, 2011 4:38am PST

  • Microsoft's 'Operation b49' chokes Waledac botnet

    Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit has effectively shut down the Waledac botnet, cutting off cybercriminal access to hundreds of thousands of infected Windows computers around the world.

    Blog posts | February 25, 2010 9:36am PST

  • Report: Conficker in attack mode

    According to the Xinhua News Agency, the Conficker worm is now reportedly installing a second mass-mailing virus into already infected machines.

    News items | April 29, 2009 4:58am PDT

  • Waledac botnet spamming fake SMS spying tool

    Waledac is once again using its well proven social engineering tactics by introducing a "fake SMS spying tool" (free.exe; smstrap.exe; install.exe; setup.exe etc.) and Online Casinos theme, in an...

    Blog posts | April 17, 2009 6:42am PDT

  • Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business model

    The Conficker botnet has stirred to life, using its peer-to-peer communication system to update itself and download scareware (fake anti-virus programs) to millions of infected Windows machines....

    Blog posts | April 9, 2009 8:36am PDT

  • Fake "Conficker Infection Alert" spam campaign circulating

    Researchers at Marshal8e6's TRACElabs have intercepted a spam campaign that's issuing bogus "Conficker Infection Alerts" and redirecting users to rogue security software upon clicking on the...

    Blog posts | April 9, 2009 6:01am PDT

  • Legal concerns stop researchers from disrupting the Storm Worm botnet

    What if security researchers were able to disrupt the leftovers of the Storm Worm botnet thanks to a flaw in its communication model allowing them to redirect infected hosts and eventually...

    Blog posts | January 16, 2009 2:28pm PST

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