- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 28th, 2016
Kelihos Botnet Triples Its Size in Just 24 Hours
Kelihos starts delivering ransomware and banking trojans
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 14th, 2016
Russian Devs Behind New WildFire Ransomware
WildFire ransomware wave currently hitting the Netherlands
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 13th, 2016
Waledac (Kelihos) Spam Botnet Used for Pump-and-Dump Stock Fraud
Marijuana growers might discover themselves as the victims of a stock fraud that originated from online spam
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- September 9th, 2014
Kelihos Botnet Used for Apple ID Phishing
Fraudulent email claims iTunes purchase was made from Russian IP address
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 25th, 2014
Kelihos Trojan Delivered as Tool to Attack US Government Websites
Cybercriminals do not have to hide the executable nature of the downloaded file
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 19th, 2014
Kelihos Trojan Delivered Through Askmen.com
Visitors are directed to a page that delivers the Nuclear Pack exploit kit
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 13th, 2013
Second Version of Hlux/Kelihos Botnet Getting Smaller, Kaspersky Says
MalwareMustDie disagrees with the figures provided by Kaspersky
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 30th, 2013
Kelihos Botnet Used for “Only 24 Hours Left to Shop” Pharma Spam Campaign
The spammers are not trying to evade spam filters, but the campaign can still be effective
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 15th, 2013
Waledac Malware Could Send 3.6 Billion Spam Emails per Day from Infected PCs
Symantec experts say that Waledac is downloaded by the Virut malware
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 12th, 2012
Botnet Gang Updates Kelihos, Adds Capability to Spread via Removable Drives
The cybercriminals have also switched to .ru domains for malware distribution
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 20th, 2012
Microsoft Reaches Settlement with Russian Programmer in Kelihos Botnet Case
The cybercriminals used code written by the expert
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 30th, 2012
Kelihos Botnet Is Alive, Spreads Using Facebook Worm
70,000 Facebook users are currently infected with the worm
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 28th, 2012
Kaspersky Disables 116,000 Bots Part of New Kelihos Botnet
Security firms take another crack at the Kelihos botnet
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 4th, 2012
Kelihos Not Resurrected, New Malware Used to Create Botnet
Microsoft provides some clarifications regarding the return of Kelihos
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 31st, 2012
With Masters Still at Large, the Kelihos Botnet Returns
Until the ones that run the botnet are apprehended, it's hard to completely disable it
- Security
- By Ionut Arghire
- January 24th, 2012
Microsoft Names Andrey N. Sabelnikov as Defendant in Kelihos Case
The company alleges that he created and operated the Kelihos malware
- Security
- By Marius Oiaga
- October 27th, 2011
Microsoft Drops Lawsuit Against Kelihos Botnet Case Named Defendants
After reaching a settlement with Dominique Alexander Piatti and dotFREE Group SRO