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FBI Has Offered Large Rewards for Information
Nov 19, 2013The FBI has offered large rewards for information that could help them catch a clutch of alleged cyber-criminals. They include an El Salvadoran national accused of selling a Trojan designed to spy on husbands or wives believed by their ...
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Use P-to-P Communications Has Increased Fivefold During The Past 12 Months
Jun 5, 2013The number of malware samples that use P-to-P (peer-to-peer) communications has increased fivefold during the past 12 months, according to researchers from security firm Damballa. The largest contributors to this increase are advanced ...
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Microsoft and Symantec Dismantled a Botnet That Took Computers for Criminal Activities
Feb 18, 2013Microsoft and Symantec have dismantled a botnet that took over millions of computers for criminal activities such as identity theft and click fraud. The Bamital botnet threatened the US$12.7 billion online advertising industry by ...
Tags: Microsoft, Symantec, botnet, click fraud
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A Major Botnet Take-Down Has Included Direct Victim Notification
Feb 17, 2013For the first time, a major botnet take-down has included direct victim notification that warns users their PCs are infected and shows them how to scrub clean their machines. Yesterday's take-down of the Bamital botnet by Microsoft and ...
Tags: PC, victim notification, Bamital botnet
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Microsoft and Symantec on Wednesday Announced That They Have Dismantled a Botnet
Feb 13, 2013Microsoft and Symantec on Wednesday announced that they have dismantled a botnet that took over millions of computers for criminal activities such as identity theft and click fraud. The Bamital botnet threatened the $12.7 billion online ...
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20,000 PCs in The UK Could Be Cut off From The Web on Monday 9 July 2012
Dec 31, 201220,000 PCs in the UK could be cut off from the web on Monday 9 July 2012, as a consequence of the DNS Changer virus. Infected machines will no longer be able to access websites, e-mail, chat or social networking sites such as Facebook, ...
Tags: UK, computer, DNS Changer virus, networking site, cyber security
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Facebook Said Monday It Has Defenses in Place to Detect Click Fraud
Dec 28, 2012Facebook said Monday it has defenses in place to detect click fraud despite one company's claim it detected suspicious clicks on its advertisements billed to it by the social-networking site. Limited Run, a company based in Manorville, ...
Tags: Facebook, click fraud, claim, advertisements
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A New Piece of Malicious Software Targeted at Apple Users Has Been Found
Dec 28, 2012A 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 ...
Tags: malicious software, Apple users, website, Dalai Lama
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Cybercriminals Are Using Computers Infected with a Particular Piece of Malware
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - Cybercriminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec. ...
Tags: Cybercriminals, computer, malware, commercial proxy service
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Security Vendor Damballa Have Identified Malicious Internet Traffic
Dec 20, 2012Researchers from security vendor Damballa have identified malicious Internet traffic that they believe is generated by a new and elusive variant of the sophisticated TDL4 malware. The new threat, which has been assigned the generic name ...
Tags: TDL4 malware, Internet traffic, elusive variant, Fortune 500 Companies
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Cyber Criminals Use Computers Infected with Malware to Power a Commercial Proxy Service
Dec 19, 2012Cyber criminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec. Three months ...
Tags: Black Market, malware, Proxy, Symantec, Computers
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A New Piece of Malicious Software Targeted at Apple Users Has Been Found on a Website
Dec 17, 2012A new piece of malicious software targeted at Apple users has been found on a website dedicated to the Dalai Lama. The malware, nicknamed “Dockster,” is a backdoor that allows an attacker to control the victim’s ...
Tags: Apple, botnets, Dockster, highlightedpost, malware, Web attacks
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Microsoft Is Linking Malicious Software Analysts with Online Advertising Fraud Experts
Nov 29, 2012IDG News Service-Microsoft is linking malicious software analysts with online advertising fraud experts in an effort to disrupt click fraud,a scam where advertisers pay for worthless clicks. The Microsoft Malware Protection ...
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Cyber Criminals Targeted Users of Skype,Facebook&Windows Using Multiple Blackhole Exploits
Nov 19, 2012Cyber criminals targeted users of Skype,Facebook and Windows using multiple Blackhole exploits in October,according to the latest threat report from security firm GFI Software. Researchers uncovered a large number of Blackhole exploits ...
Tags: Cyber criminals, Facebook, Windows users, chameleon of internet threats
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Balazs Has Developed a Remote-Controlled Malware That Functions as a Browser Extension
Oct 24, 2012IDG News Service-Security researcher Zoltan Balazs has developed a remote-controlled piece of malware that functions as a browser extension and is capable of modifying Web pages,downloading and executing files,hijacking accounts,bypassing ...
Tags: malware, browser extension, remote-controlled, Balazs