- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 26th, 2015
Ramnit Malware Infects over 500,000 in Six Months, Disables Microsoft Security Components
Anti-AV module was first seen back in 2013
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 25th, 2015
Europol Takes Down Botnet That Infected 3.2 Million Computers
Ramnit infected 3.2 million computers across the world
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 29th, 2015
ZeroAccess Botnet Awakens After Six-Month Sleep
Botnet not augmented but number of infections is still high
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 9th, 2015
Andromeda Botkit Used for Bitcoin Mining Purpose
Crooks crack older version of Andromeda botkit
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- December 31st, 2014
Number of Botnet Control Servers Increased in 2014 – Report
Russian networks hosted most of the botnet control IPs
- Advisories
- By Ionut Ilascu
- December 3rd, 2014
Asprox Operators Have Started Recruiting for a Larger Botnet
Victims lured with fake emails from large retailers
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 19th, 2014
The Most Sophisticated Android Botnet to Date Is NotCompatible
Poses potential threat to corporate environments
- Spam Reports
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 18th, 2014
Asprox Spam Redirects Mobile Users to Platform-Specific Landing Pages
Unlike mobile platforms, desktops receive email with malware
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 16th, 2014
New Variant of Dofoil Trojan Emerges with Strong Evasion Features
Relies on fake traffic to command and control server to send network-sniffing tools on the wrong track
- Spam Reports
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 30th, 2014
Free Pizza Hut Coupon Hooks Asprox Trojan into System
Email message looks genuine, save for a small snag
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 16th, 2014
Asprox Botnet Expands Through Email Promising Starbucks Gift Card
Botnets can be used for a slew of nefarious purposes
- Spam Reports
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 16th, 2014
Botnets Used in “Wolf of Wall Street” Spam Campaign
Company dismisses any involvement in the campaign
- Server related
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 10th, 2014
Mayhem Botnet Relies on Shellshock Exploit to Expand
Security researchers are not surprised by this attack
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 8th, 2014
Qbot Botnet Sniffs 800,000 Banking Transactions from More than 500,000 Systems
Most victims are from US, Russians believed to operate it
- Mac
- By Filip Truta
- October 3rd, 2014
Security Expert Urges Mac Users to Install Anti-Virus After Botnet Infection
Mac.BackDoor.iWorm is described as a sophisticated malware
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 2nd, 2014
OS X Botnet Malware Uses Reddit to Get IPs of Control Servers
Cybercriminals derive search query from current date
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- September 30th, 2014
Asprox Botnet Malware Sent Through Fake Viber Email Notification
Operators take precautions to escape security researchers