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Kaspersky doubles up slam at Apple, Mac OS X

Posted May 14, 2012 - 9:11 pm

Two Kaspersky Labs top execs publicly and explicitly slammed Apple for poor security in recent weeks as Apple customers go through the pain of growing into malware targets and Kaspersky makes a big push to round up new customers for its cloud security service. Apple users, maybe.
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Khelihos P2P botnet rises from dead a third time

Posted March 28, 2012 - 1:42 pm

An alliance of security companies took down the 110,000-member Khelihos botnet this week by cracking its encryption, ending Khelihos II, The Sequel. The virus has already revived and begun to spread, as it did after Microsoft shut the original down last September,
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Powerful, simple new mass SQL injection attack opens 180K sites

Posted October 24, 2011 - 4:16 pm

A short SQL injection exploit has infected 180,000 servers, making each vulnerable to anyone who knows what to look for -- a set of potential victims whose browsers can be redirected easily to any site, holding any malware, the attacker wishes.
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Microsoft steals spotlight in botnet takedown from Kaspersky, which did the work

Posted September 30, 2011 - 12:30 pm

Microsoft's announcement, through the lawyer who runs its Digital Crimes Unit, that it took down another botnet was incomplete. It forgot to mention that Kaspersky Labs took down the botnet while Microsoft stood around to hand it tools and try to look useful.
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To retrieve stolen data: Have it phone home to tell you where it is.

Posted August 18, 2011 - 5:07 pm

If banks can put dye packs and broadcasting GPS units that signal cops where stolen moneybags are being taken, why can't you do that for data? Honeypot technology shows you how, but existing honeytokens have to be better at sending calls for help.
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Microsoft will pay $250K for a botnet (er...the controllers of one -- Rustock)

Posted July 18, 2011 - 3:18 pm

In the software business, if you can't find a way to build or learn something -- or catch someone -- is to offer money. $250k for arrest of Ruststockers.Go Get 'em, everyone but Microsoft!
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Botnet takedown makes Microsoft sound like Internet's new sheriff

Posted March 18, 2011 - 12:06 pm

Microsoft took credit for the takedown of its second botnet yesterday, making itself sound like a combination of the FBI and CSI at the same time.
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The Internet's next big growth industry: botnets

Posted March 8, 2011 - 2:17 pm

Botnet makers are shifting from front-line crime to software development, renting their product to anyone with money to pay and mayhem to make.
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Suddenly everyone has a cyberweapon; and they're big

Posted February 15, 2011 - 4:58 pm

Researchers show how to use secure core Internet routing protocols to kill core Internet routers; Anonymous releases Stuxnet. Time to get Amish.
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Verisign service shields small e-tailers from DDOS attacks

Posted November 5, 2010 - 12:17 pm

Aimed at smaller companies the DNS-server failover service is more of an insurance policy than for big companies, which expect to be hit with big, expensive attacks.
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U.S. Leads World in Botnets

Posted October 14, 2010 - 7:36 am

In addition to taxing and quarantining botnet-infected customers (as well as being distant and offputting as usual), Microsoft offers a malware site with unusually cogent anti-bot advice.
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Microsoft to Prosecute More Botnets

Posted October 13, 2010 - 12:30 pm

Just so you know Microsoft won't have to resort to arcane technical solutions to the botnet problem -- the way Facebook did by using obviously
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Beyond malware removal: How to respond to a compromised system alert

Posted September 14, 2010 - 7:52 am

You've just learned that your computer is bot infected and attacking others, what do you do? Security expert Brent Huston offers this simple 5 step plan.
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Chuck Norris is not a Linux virus

Posted February 23, 2010 - 2:39 pm

Can Linux-based network routers get it? Yes. Is it malware like Windows' viruses and worms? No.
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Computer Breaking and Entering is a Business

Posted February 17, 2010 - 4:09 pm

If you still think that people breaking into computer is for amateurs, think again. It's a business operation.
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The first Linux botnet?

Posted September 12, 2009 - 9:41 pm

Has Linux security been breached? Are Linux systems in danger of being transformed into botnet zombies the way millions of Windows PCs have been? In a word: "Nah."
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What is a Botnet anyway?

Posted August 14, 2009 - 2:05 pm

Sometimes, those of us in the computer biz get so wrapped up in the techie details that we forget that many people don't know what we think are the basics. For example, a really smart, computer-savvy friend of mine recently asked me, "What is a botnet anyway?" Whoops! Clearly, it's time for me to do some explaining.
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I can't believe he said that! -- The ITwhirled news quiz

Posted December 5, 2008 - 12:29 pm

Who is baffled by the BlackBerry Storm? Who thought running a botnet might be just a bit of fun? Who is feeling the hurt? Can you match the quote to the quoted? Go on, give it a whirl!
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What you always wanted to know about malware (but were afraid to ask)

Posted August 21, 2008 - 9:07 pm

Malware, like real-world epidemics, has the strange property that it does not only matter to your health how well protected you are, but also, how well average people "out there" are. The more machines that are infected, the higher is your risk of also becoming infected. But that is not all: You are at risk even if you are well protected!
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