William Maclean, Security Correspondent Reuters Feb 22, 2010 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE61L37B20100222 LONDON (Reuters) – The best weapon against the online thieves, spies and vandals who threaten global business and security would be international regulation of cyberspace. Luckily for them, such cooperation does not yet exist. Better still, from a hacker’s perspective, such a goal is not a …
Category Archive: Military
Feb
19
Kneber botnet virus attacks 75,000 computers worldwide
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 …
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 …