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Facebook Has Begun Warning Users Whose Computers Are Infected with The DNSChanger Malware
Dec 24, 2012Facebook has begun warning users whose computers are infected with the DNSChanger malware, a variant of the Zlob family of Trojans. The malware is designed to tell the infected computer to use a rogue Domain Name System (DNS) server, ...
Tags: Facebookm, computer security, DNSChanger malware, Trojans
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Monday, 9 July, Was Supposed to Be 'internet Doomsday'
Dec 24, 2012Monday, 9 July, was supposed to be 'Internet Doomsday' when the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was to shut down servers associated with the DNSChanger malware. As a result, computers infected with this threat were to be cut off ...
Tags: USA, DNSChanger malware, FBI, computer
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Details Have Emerged of an Extraordinary Attack
Dec 19, 2012Details have emerged of an extraordinary attack in which millions of DSL broadband routers in Brazil were hit by a serious software flaw that allowed criminals to gain complete control of all web traffic running through them. First ...
Tags: Broadcom chipset, cyber attacks, DNS, malware, broadband routers
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300,000 PCs and Macs Will Drop off The Internet in About 65 Hours
Dec 18, 2012As many as 300,000 PCs and Macs will drop off the Internet in about 65 hours unless their owners heed last-minute calls to scrub their machines of malware. According to a group of security experts formed to combat DNSChanger, between a ...
Tags: Internet, PCs and Macs, infected computers
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Authorities Arrested a Total of 10 People Suspected of Stealing Personal Information
Dec 13, 2012Authorities in several countries have arrested a total of 10 people suspected of setting up a botnet of hijacked computers to steal personal information from millions of victims. The arrests were made in the UK, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...
Tags: Authorities, Arrest, Thieves
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Sponsored Servers Were Switched off Earlier Today as Scheduled
Jul 9, 2012Government-sponsored servers designed to keep DNSChanger-infected PCs and Macs online were switched off earlier today as scheduled,but several major U.S.Internet service providers downplayed problems to their customers. The number of IP ...
Tags: ISPs, substitute servers, DNSChanger, malware