DAILY NEWS February 18th 2010 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/02/18/2010-02-18_kneber_botnet_virus_attacks_75000_computers_worldwide_including_us_government_sy.html A new computer virus has infected almost 75,000 computers worldwide – including 10 U.S. government agencies – collecting login credentials from online financial, social networking sites and email systems and reporting back to hackers. The virus, dubbed the Kneber botnet, is thought to be the brainchild of an Eastern …
Monthly Archive: February 2010
Feb
19
25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors list updated
17 February 2010 http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Top-25-Programming-Errors-list-updated-933535.html Just as they did last year, over thirty international security organisations have come together, to publish a list of the 25 most dangerous programming errors leading to vulnerabilities that can be exploited for cybercrime and espionage. The 2010 CWE/SANS Top 25 MDPE (Most Dangerous Programming Errors) has been updated with a number …
Feb
18
BOT-WAR : New Russian botnet tries to kill rival
‘Kill Zeus’ removes rival software from PCs, giving Spy Eye access to usernames, passwords By Robert McMillan IDG News Service February 9, 2010 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9154618/New_Russian_botnet_tries_to_kill_rival IDG News Service – An upstart Trojan horse program has decided to take on its much-larger rival by stealing data and then removing the malicious program from infected computers. Security researchers …