Botnets Archive
Tuesday, October 06, 2009 10:05 AM/EST
The Asprox botnet campaign may not be as savvy as some of its newer counterparts, but it's still finding plenty of opportunities to infect end users.
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Monday, September 21, 2009 5:37 PM/EST
Phony AV tools continue to flood the Web in many forms, as recently noted by researchers with Sophos.
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AV tools
Monday, September 21, 2009 4:42 PM/EST
Click fraud experts are reporting on a new botnet attack being used to drive traffic to sites using a sizeable zombie network.
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:09 AM/EST
Security researchers have found that botnet herders are having success at keeping devices infected longer, in addition to keeping the zombie networks themselves up-and-running smoothly.
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 7:20 AM/EST
IT pros are worried about the ability of traditional defenses to stop attacks, according to a new study backed by proponents of applications whitelisting.
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Applications Whitelisting
Friday, September 04, 2009 3:07 PM/EST
A Symantec researcher has released a new paper outlining the operations of the Waledac botnet, laying bare what has kept the botnet going strong.
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Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:44 PM/EST
Research from security company ESET underscores the level of cooperation among attackers working to infect users. The presence of multiple malware families shows cyber-crooks are increasingly paying criminal networks to have their malware installed on compromised PCs.
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Online malware
Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:33 AM/EST
A new survey of 1,000 smartphone users conducted by Trend finds that people are not yet sensitive to matters of mobile security, while threats to handheld devices do appear to be on the rise.
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Smartphone security
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:07 AM/EST
Koobface continues to spread its tentacles using the same old template and shows no signs of slowing down, security experts have observed.
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Online malware
Monday, August 31, 2009 7:00 PM/EST
New research from RSA into the Zeus Trojan shows that the malware has been surging of late as its purveyors continue to adopt new techniques.
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Trojan attacks
