Tag Archives: botnet
Godzilla versus King Kong, bot style? Zeus versus Ares… (and why neither wants to face Bouncer)
Over the past few years, the Zeus virus has infected millions of financial systems worldwide, capturing account credentials that cybercriminals use to gain access to corporate networks and steal sensitive data. While there have been competitive programs designed to dethrone … Continue reading
From the "what more proof do you need?" file: 90% of the most secure firms may be affected by botnets…
An RSA study released on Wednesday claims that most major U.S. corporations — including up to 88% of Fortune 500 companies — may be affected by botnet activity from computers compromised by the Zeus Trojan. In the article, “88 percent … Continue reading
Top Endpoint Security Stories for November 2009
November was a busy month for security stories. The month kicked off with more stories of massive security patches from both Microsoft and Apple leaving me to wonder when the patching madness will ever end. Windows 7 was found to … Continue reading
Social network security key issue for business in 2010
There have been many cases of social networks overlapping security software this year. Whether they are using Twitter or Facebook for botnet control or propagating phishing links through shortened URLs, online criminals are finding ways to tap into the explosive … Continue reading
Don't miss the point of 60 Minutes grid security story – Cyber threats are real
In the wake of the 60 Minutes story there has been both a significant amount of attention given to the story online as well as expected complaints that the story was over hyped. The specific complaint was the citation by … Continue reading
Top Endpoint Security Stories – September 2009
Last month I kicked off a post focusing on the top endpoint security stories in the past month. This month brought a number of endpoint security events ranging from the latest Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities without a fix to botnet and … Continue reading
Top Endpoint Security Stories – August 2009
I am kicking off a monthly blog post that will wrap up some of the previous month’s top stories in endpoint security. This idea originally occurred to me when I thought about the life of an IT/security professional today. Teams … Continue reading
Conficker – A botnet on autopilot
I came across a good article today from internetnews.com detailing the latest stats for the Conficker botnet. Over 5.5 million PCs are actively infected and a part of this botnet according to the Conficker Working Group. Clearly Conficker continues to … Continue reading
Beware Waledac Worm and Spam This 4th of July Weekend
Another kind of fireworks display may take place on the Internet this weekend. There is a large malware campaign targeted for this 4th of July weekend, 2009. CNET reports that computers infected by the Waledac worm are a part of a botnet that will begin distributing spam this weekend intending to get users to click on videos that will infect the PC with the malware and add it to the botnet. Continue reading
Conflicker: The first franchisable botnet?
Conflicker may become the first franchiseable botnet, being rented out in pieces rather than treated as one whole. Continue reading
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