By Brian Krebs If the miscreants behind the ZeuS botnets that Microsoft sought to destroy with a civil lawsuit last month didn’t already know that the software giant also wished to unmask them, they almost certainly do now. Google, and … Continue reading
Symantec, by issuing its latest Internet Security Threat Report for 2011, shows how botnet dismantling has forced online spam down to levels as akin to those far back in 2006. The mean global spam rate was 75.1% of the total … Continue reading
By Tim Wilson Botnet operators seek to steal passwords and credentials for financial gain, Palo Alto Networks researchers say. An emerging botnet is taking aim at banks and financial institutions, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks. The botnet, dubbed … Continue reading
Computer scientists in India have developed a two-pronged algorithm that can detect the presence of a botnet on a computer network and block its malicious activities before it causes too much harm. The team describes details of the system in … Continue reading
By Ryan Naraine Summary: Flashback was robbing Google of advertising dollars by redirecting clicks from infected Mac OS X machines and stealing the ad revenue. Security researchers at Symantec are estimating that the cyber-crimibals behind the Flashback Mac OS X … Continue reading
By John E Dunn Botnet shutdowns have stemmed the Internet spam flood, taking daily message volumes back to levels last seen as long ago as 2006, Symantec has reported in its 2011 Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR). Worldwide levels are … Continue reading
By Tomer Teller Botnets are one of the most significant network security threats facing organizations today — impacting companies of all sizes and across all industries, including the government sector. By compromising anywhere from a few thousand to more than … Continue reading
By Jeff Saginor A new study shows that we rely on our IT helpdesk for much more than just computer trouble. We live in a golden age of technology. Flying cars, smartphones that talk, augmented reality eyeglasses — technology so … Continue reading
Researchers from AhnLab, a company specializing in Internet security and based in Korea recently stated that the URLs as well as domain hosts utilized for spreading SpyEye the banker Trojan had been found situated mainly in the USA. Infosecisland.com published … Continue reading
By Rob Lightner Wireless Network Watcher is a free Windows app that tells you whenever new connections are made. Unless you’re a security pro, the odds are that you’ve at least wondered whether someone was stealing your wireless bandwidth. It’s … Continue reading
