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Chameleon Click Fraud Botnet Costs Advertisers over $6M / €4.6M per Month

Chameleon Click Fraud Botnet Costs Advertisers over $6M / €4.6M per Month

More than 120,000 host machines are used to target at least 202 websites

Andromeda Botnet Reemerges, Australia, Turkey and Germany Most Impacted

Andromeda Botnet Reemerges, Australia, Turkey and Germany Most Impacted

The malware costs up to $500 (384 EUR), but additional modules are sold separately

Spam Botnets: The Dead, the Survivors and the Newcomers

Spam Botnets: The Dead, the Survivors and the Newcomers

McAfee experts have made an overview of the messaging botnets

Trend Micro Publishes Research Paper on Asprox Spam Botnet

Trend Micro Publishes Research Paper on Asprox Spam Botnet

The botnet is responsible for most of the DHL, US Postal Service and FedEx spam

Cybercriminals Are Testing AlbaBotnet, a Threat Designed to Target Latin America

Cybercriminals Are Testing AlbaBotnet, a Threat Designed to Target Latin America

Kaspersky experts say the botnet is similar to PiceBOT and vOlk-Botnet

$1,000 / €770: Price of 10,000 Malware-Infected Computers

$1,000 / €770: Price of 10,000 Malware-Infected Computers

Webroot has identified a website that provides such services

Microsoft Successfully Takes Down Bamital Botnet

Microsoft Successfully Takes Down Bamital Botnet

The company says the botnet is still offline right now

Experts Uncover DIY HTTP-Based Botnet Tool

Experts Uncover DIY HTTP-Based Botnet Tool

Such kits allow even less-skilled criminals to operate a botnet

Click Fraud Botnet Bamital Taken Down by Symantec and Microsoft – Video

Click Fraud Botnet Bamital Taken Down by Symantec and Microsoft – Video

1.8 million unique IPs communicated with just one of the threat's C&C servers

$140 PiceBOT Botnet Targets Latin American Bank Customers

$140 PiceBOT Botnet Targets Latin American Bank Customers

The malware that powers it is similar to the one distributed by vOlk and S.A.P.Z

“Bill Shocker” Malware Infects the Android Devices of 600,000 Chinese Users

“Bill Shocker” Malware Infects the Android Devices of 600,000 Chinese Users

The malware is disguised as popular applications like QQ Messenger

Over 16,000 Facebook Account Credentials Stolen by PokerAgent Botnet

Over 16,000 Facebook Account Credentials Stolen by PokerAgent Botnet

ESET has published the results of a detailed analysis

McAfee: 631 Botnet Command and Control Servers Currently Active in the US

McAfee: 631 Botnet Command and Control Servers Currently Active in the US

The company has released a list of the top 10 countries hosting C&C servers

Android Trojan Responsible for China’s Largest Botnet Is Based on Backscript Malware

Android Trojan Responsible for China’s Largest Botnet Is Based on Backscript Malware

Symantec has found the malicious element hidden in more than 11,000 apps

Fox-IT Publishes Detailed Analysis on Pobelka Botnet

Fox-IT Publishes Detailed Analysis on Pobelka Botnet

The botnet mainly targets users from Germany and the Netherlands

Polish Registrar Shuts Down Multiple Domains Used by Virut Botnet

Polish Registrar Shuts Down Multiple Domains Used by Virut Botnet

CERT Polska is doing everything it can to reduce the botnet's impact

Massive Android Botnet Affects over 1 Million Chinese Users

Massive Android Botnet Affects over 1 Million Chinese Users

The Trojan that powers the botnet is hidden in 7,000 apps

 
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