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 …
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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 …
Oct
20
CRIME ECONOMY : $30 will buy a one-day DDoS attack now
With botnets everywhere, DDoS attacks get cheaper By Robert McMillan , IDG News Service, October 15, 2009 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/101509-with-botnets-everywhere-ddos-attacks.html?hpg1=bn Cyber-crime just doesn’t pay like it used to. Security researchers say the cost of criminal services such as distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks has dropped in recent months. The reason? Market economics. “The barriers to …