The Virut botnet suffered a major setback last week, after it was announced that many of the domain names used by a cybercriminal gang to control computers infected with the malware had been disabled. This was the result of coordinated ...
Cyber attacks on U.S. banks over the last several months reflect a frightening new era in cyber warfare, according to security expert Darren Hayes, who says that corporations are unprepared to battle such attacks because of a shortage of ...
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Evidence collected from a website that was recently used to flood U.S. banks with junk traffic suggests that the people behind the ongoing DDoS attack campaign against U.S. financial institutions -- thought by some to be the work of Iran -- ...
Tags: U.S.banks, junk traffic, DDoS attack campaign, U.S.financial institutions
Following Google’s recent upgrade of Chrome, a new wave of bogus updates has been set upon the Internet by cyber criminals looking to steal online banking credentials and cause other problems for users. Google released its upgrade ...
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Evidence collected from a website that was recently used to flood U.S. banks with junk traffic suggests that the people behind the ongoing DDoS attack campaign against U.S. financial institutions — thought by some to be the work of ...
Tags: bank attacks, botnets for hire, cyber attacks, Homeland Security, Iran
Some cloud providers fail to detect and block malicious traffic originating from their networks, which provides cybercriminals with an opportunity to launch attacks in a botnet-like fashion, according to a report from Australian security ...
Tags: cloud providers, botnets, cybercriminals, malicious traffic
IDG News Service - A deeper look into the Flame malware, linked to the infamous Stuxnet, has revealed that it may be just one of four pieces of malware created by the same unknown development team. Flame became public in May after Iran ...
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IDG News Service-The notorious malware known as the Conficker worm still infects computers,a sort of wild horse with no rider,but investigators appear no closer to finding its creator. Also known as"Downandup,"Conficker was discovered in ...
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Security researchers have identified a botnet controlled by its creators over the Tor anonymity network. It's likely that other botnet operators will adopt this approach, according to the team from vulnerability assessment and penetration ...
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U.S. law enforcement agencies with the help of Facebook have arrested 10 people from various countries in connection with international cybercrime rings that targeted users on the social network. The operation is said to have identified ...
IT often virtualises new applications and workloads by default.Virtualisation is now the norm,deploying a physical server the exception.Yet,a third of companies admit they have not invested in security for their virtual computing ...
In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through infected Android phones, shifting the potentially pricey cost of sending spam to victims. The trend, spotted by security vendor Cloudmark, poses a new challenge for ...
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Malware attacks seem to be evolving. The traditional viruses, Trojan horses, botnets and phishing attacks are still a threat, but the next generation malware takes insidious to a whole new level. Thankfully, theres a silver lining as well. ...
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Cyber crime has continued to become more professional in 2012, with the barriers to entry becoming ever lower with the emergence of increasingly powerful toolkits and exploits for sale online. In the past year, cyber criminals have used ...
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A new piece of malicious software targeted at Apple users has been found on a website dedicated to the Dalai Lama, but one security vendor is labeling it as low risk. The malware, nicknamed "Dockster," is a backdoor that allows an ...
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