Security researchers warn of a new worm spreading on instant messaging applications by luring users to malicious link via spam messages.Rogue messages posted from compromised computers on Facebook, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live read: "Foto :D http://[censored]otoon.com/photo.php?=[random_number]"According to secu... |
17 November 2010
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A revamped version of the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) tool used in mass Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, allows users to function let it function as a botnet client.LOIC is the primary weapon used by Anonymous in its ongoing "Operation Payback" DDoS campaign against film and recording industry associatio... |
27 September 2010
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Cybercriminals looking to use a cracked version of a trojan creation tool called ZombieM Bot Builder can end up infected themselves, since some installers are rigged with a backdoor.ZombieM Bot Builder is a crimeware toolkit which can be used to generate customized versions of a computer trojan, that act as botnet cl... |
11 September 2010
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Virgin Media, one of the biggest Internet service providers in UK, plans to start sending warning letters to customers if their computers are infected and are generating botnet-related traffic.The Register reports that Virgin will start scanning lists of compromised hosts maintained by the Shadowserver Foundation and... |
16 August 2010
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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
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Websites belonging to numerous U.S. and South Korean government agencies, as well as some other large commercial ones, have been under attack for the past several days by computers infected with a new piece of malware. The widespread DDoS assault resulted in slow responses from the targeted websites and even downtime... |
8 July 2009
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Security researchers warn of a new spam campaign triggered by the Waledac computer worm. The e-mails claim to be promoting a program that is able to spy on other people's SMS messages, which is, in fact, an installer for the worm. Waledac is viewed by the security professionals as the successor of the infamous ... |
17 April 2009
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Israel supporters respond to the cyber-attacks launched by Islamic hackers through DDoS. A group of students have developed an application that allows Israel sympathizers to use their computer resources and Internet bandwith in order to knock Palestinian websites offline. The online group calling themselves “H... |
10 January 2009
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