Tagged: Botnets
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Major brute force attack against WordPress under way News
12.04.2013 A large distributed brute force attack against WordPress sites is understood to be occurring. A large botnet with more than 90,000 servers is attempting to log in by cycling... -
Microsoft reveals PCs are being infected by cyber thieves before they reach consumers (clarification) News
14.09.2012 Microsoft has revealed that cyber-criminals are infiltrating unsecure computer supply chains to introduce counterfeit software embedded with malware for the purpose of secretly...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Security, Hardware, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers -
World’s cyber police, sleuths and crime experts converge in Cork News
14.09.2012 International police, cybercrime experts and leading security organisations are in Cork this week to develop and discuss technologies and techniques to battle the growing threat... -
Android malware up by 300pc in past three months – Kindsight Security Labs News
19.07.2012 Kindsight Security Labs has released its malware report for Q2 2012, highlighting top security threats such as Flashback, ZeroAccess and DNSChanger, and a recent surge in... -
Malware rate rises despite fewer flaws, Symantec finds News
02.05.2012 Security threats are shifting, as fewer new flaws emerge but malware numbers continue to rise – that’s according to the latest Internet Security Threat Report from Symantec. -
India tops for spam, malicious spam increases - Sophos News
24.04.2012 India has overtaken the United States in one year to become the top global contributor of spam, and though basic marketing spam has decreased, the amount of phishing and... -
Major DDoS attack upsurge hits financial services firms News
11.04.2012 Financial services firms are the latest sector to come under fire from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks globally, with a 3,000pc increase in malicious packet traffic... -
Zeus sting – Microsoft strikes at heart of cybercrime botnet empire News
26.03.2012 A consortium led by Microsoft has struck at the heart of the major cybercrime empire behind the Zeus and SpyEye botnets which have been stealing information for identity theft.Categories: Software & Web Development, Servers, Security, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
London Met e-Crime Unit saves UK economy stg£140m News
03.10.2011 The London Met's Police Central e-Crime Unit has saved the UK economy more than £140m in the last six months and is well on course to exceed its four-year harm reduction target.Categories: Software & Web Development, Security, Legal, Internet, Government, Digital Business, CIO -
Microsoft issues US$250,000 bounty for information on Rustock News
20.07.2011 Microsoft has issued a reward of US$250,000 for new information that will lead to identifying, arresting and jailing the people behind the Rustock botnet, which in its prime was...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Hosting Services, Data Centre, CIO -
EU agrees to tougher sanctions against cyber crime News
13.06.2011 European Union countries have agreed to tougher sentences against cyber attacks and created a cyber-crime unit to be attached to Europol, the continent-wide police agency. -
FBI closes in on Zombie botnet gang News
14.04.2011 The FBI is closing in on the gang behind the Zombie botnet, the Coreflood malware attack that recruited 2.3m machines for the theft of passwords and credit card information. -
Too early to say if Rustock botnet cutoff is a success News
18.03.2011 There has been no discernable reduction in the amount of spam flooding inboxes since Microsoft and the FBI tackled the hosting firms behind the massive Rustock botnet on...Categories: Security, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Networking, Internet, Hosting Services, Data Centre -
Microsoft and FBI sever the heads of largest spam network News
18.03.2011 Microsoft and the FBI raided various hosting facilities across the US in a move calculated to take down the main sources of junk mail that clogs up inboxes worldwide. -
The 'dirty dozen' – spam gets more malicious News
11.01.2011 Cyber criminals are raising their game – despite giving the impression that spamming levels had dipped since Christmas - they are using the botnet for more sophisticated...Categories: Software, Social Media, Security, Search Engines, Operating Systems, Internet, Hosting Services, Data Management, Computers -
Malware merger shows cyber crime business model News
30.11.2010 News that two malware families have decided to pool their resources shows how much of an organised business cyber crime has become, Trend Micro has said. -
10pc of web malware unleashed via search, Cisco says News
17.11.2010 Enterprise users experienced an average of 133 web malware encounters per month, peaking at more than 140 during the month of August, according to the Q3 Global Threat Report... -
Ban virus-infected PCs from the net - Microsoft News
06.10.2010 PCs infected by viruses that could be a risk to others should be banned from the internet, a senior researcher at Microsoft has suggested. -
Security report stresses need for updated operating systems News
27.04.2010 The case for keeping operating systems up to date has strengthened, with Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report showing a sharp dropoff in the number of infections in... -
