Security experts are working on shutting down a new botnet based on a modified Palevo version whose creators were arrested last week in Europe.According to a security firm called Unveillance which is involved in the effort, the new botnet affects computers in over 172 countries, including the United States, Russia, B... |
5 July 2011
11:52 GMT |
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Security researchers from Trend Micro warn that Mariposa, once one of the largest botnets in the world, is slowly, but steadily, growing back to its former self.Mariposa (Butterfly) was the name given to a particular botnet, which at its peak, was made up of as many as 12 million infected computers spread across 190 ... |
25 May 2011
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The main developer of the malware behind the Mariposa botnet was arrested in Slovenia a few days ago by the Slovenian Criminal Police. According to people familiar with the investigation, more arrests are expected in connection with this criminal operation.Mariposa ('butterfly' in Spanish) was one of the la... |
28 July 2010
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Vodafone's Spanish branch confirmed that as many as 3,000 mobile phones sold to its customers this month carried malware. The problem resides with a batch of infected microSD cards and not the devices themselves.Last week, security researchers from Panda Security reported having found several strains of malware ... |
19 March 2010
11:02 GMT |
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Panda Security reports that a brand new HTC Magic phone supplied by Vodafone came infected with malware out-of-the-box. Amongst the malicious applications on the Android-based phone were a Mariposa botnet client and the infamous Conficker worm.Researchers at the security vendor got their hands on the infected phone a... |
9 March 2010
10:50 GMT |
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