Botnets
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Waledac back from the dead
News The Waledac botnet has made a return to spamming after an unexplained hiatus.
By Tom Brewster Published
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UK fifth worst for spam relaying
News The UK is in the top five for spam relaying, whilst overall spam levels look likely to get back to normal.
By Tom Brewster Published
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Top 10 security threats of 2010
Best We list our top 10 threats of 2010 and their impact on the security industry as a whole.
By Tom Brewster Published
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Botnets to ‘hide in plain view’ in 2011
News A new report suggests next year’s botnets will hide within files rather than coming through nasty downloads.
By Jennifer Scott Published
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Kroxxu botnet targets one million users
News The Kroxxu botnet is believed to have affected over one million web users.
By Tom Brewster Published
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Malware spawning peaks at 60,000 a day
News In the third quarter, more malware was produced a day than ever before, McAfee says.
By Tom Brewster Published
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Koobface servers closed down
News Servers running the Koobface botnet's C&C centre have been taken down, but the operators have already earned over $2 million from the malicious network.
By Tom Brewster Published
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Spam falls after giant botnet takedowns
News Spam has fallen in recent months, largely thanks to some good work from law enforcement agencies.
By Tom Brewster Published
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Massive Bredolab botnet shut down
News Dutch authorities have shut down the Bredolab botnet that had infected over 30 million systems.
By Tom Brewster Published
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October spam levels plummet
News Early October saw a significant drop in spam, which may have been caused by the closure of a spam affiliate named Spamit.
By Tom Brewster Published
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Week in review: Virus hits Iran nuclear power plant,
News The past week was filled with intrigue, action and big money as a virus hits an Iranian nuclear power planet, the British police crack down on the Zeus online bank thieves and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer misses out on a wad of cash.
By Alan Lu Published
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Zeus 2 hits 100,000 UK computers
News Zeus has returned in a different guise, hitting around 100,000 UK computers in a targeted botnet attack.
By Tom Brewster Published
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