The malware behind an "indestructible" botnet

The malware behind an "indestructible" botnet


The malware behind an "indestructible" botnet

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 09:40 AM PDT

It took only three months for the TDL rootkit - also known as Tidserv, TDSS and Alureon - to add over 4,5 million infected computers to the developers' botnet, say Kaspersky Lab researchers. Back...

WordPress 3.1.4 fixes security issues

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:51 AM PDT

WordPress 3.1.4 is available now and is a maintenance and security update for all previous versions. This release fixes an issue that could allow a malicious Editor-level user to gain further acc...

Hiloti Trojan downloader infection rates triple in UK

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:23 AM PDT

The Hiloti generic downloader is a Trojan first seen in December 2008 has shown a dramatic increase in infection rates of PCs during June 2011. Hiloti is a generic malware downloader, meaning it typic...

Gmail to improve phishing email detection

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:10 AM PDT

Google has decided to introduce a small but hopefully effective change in the way it presents Gmail user with received emails. Starting from now, every time a user receives an email from someone wh...

Anonymous leaks new batch of government and company data

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:50 AM PDT

Anonymous has made available for download another batch of data, including those belonging to the Zimbabwean government, Mosman Municipal Council, Universal Music Group Partners (umusic.com's username...

"Credit card overdue" spam carries malware

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:09 AM PDT

Spam emails seemingly coming from a credit card company have been hitting inboxes and trying to scare users into downloading and running the attached malicious file: According to M86 Security, th...

Russia becomes world leader for malware

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 01:23 AM PDT

The volume of spam in email traffic increased 2.1 per cent in May, when compared with the previous month, making up on average 80.8 per cent of the total. A reduction of phishing messages was also ...

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