- Security
- By Marius Oiaga
- October 13th, 2010
Microsoft Cleaned 6.5 Million Zombie PCs Between April and June 2010
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- September 16th, 2010
Multi-Botnet Operation Targets German Online Banking Users
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- August 10th, 2010
Click Fraud Trojans Are a Lucrative Cybercriminal Business
A single botnet can bring in millions every year
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- July 29th, 2010
Multi-Purpose Botnet Used in Major Check Counterfeiting Operation
Sent job spam, made fraudulent purchases and abused webmail services
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- March 6th, 2010
CAPTCHA-Breaking Botnet Used to Snatch Up Premium Tickets
Earned its masters millions of dollars
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 10th, 2009
Zeus Botnet Infiltrates Amazon's Cloud
Cloud computing quickly succumbs to virus attacks
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 10th, 2009
Koobface Infiltrates Google Reader
Botnet hosted using Google Reader shared pages
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- November 10th, 2009
Botnet Command and Control Server Hosted on Google App Engine
Cloud-based services increasingly appeal to bot herders
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 5th, 2009
Gumblar Crashes WordPress and Joomla Websites
An untested version of Gumblar reigns chaos through PHP CMS-driven sites
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- September 14th, 2009
Botnet C&C Server Hosted on Google Groups
In order to thwart traffic filtering mechanisms
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 18th, 2009
Yahoo Could Introduce Email Stamping to Reduce Spam
The Yahoo email stamp could cost one cent, all money will go to charities
- Spyware Threats
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 14th, 2009
Brazilian Hackers Use Twitter as Bot Command Channel
Social networking giant used as bot command channel
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 14th, 2009
Gumblar, the Most Widespread Virus on the Internet in Q2
Online malware attacks rise 36% in Q2
- Windows
- By Marius Oiaga
- May 13th, 2009
Pirated Trojan-Infested Windows 7 RC Builds Botnet
According to security researchers
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- April 17th, 2009
First Ever Mac OS X Botnet Confirmed
Researchers claim the malware is spread through pirated software
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