Tag Archives | Botnet

Microsoft subpoenas Google Gmail in its legal battle on Zeus botnet operators

By on May 8, 2012 in Internet

Microsoft plays for keeps. As we reported earlier, Microsoft used a clever trademark infringement civil lawsuit to get judicial authorization to raid the host servers running the command and control software brains of the huge Zeus botnet empire. If that was not daring enough, Microsoft has gone on to try and unmask the operators of [...]

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Flashback Botnet is still alive but rapidly shrinking

By on May 5, 2012 in Security

Computing world observers, and Mac fans in particular, were shocked by the revelation of a botnet that specifically targeted Apple computers. The Flashback botnet used the flashback trojan to create a global network of zombie Mac computers. All told, the network numbered more than half a million Apple Macintosh computers. Thankfully, it looks like the [...]

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Microsoft claims raid damaged cybercrime syndicate’s operations

By on May 3, 2012 in Internet

Recently, Microsoft and its partners in the banking industry revealed a behind-the-scenes detailed look at a raid they claim disrupted a large-scale cybercrime outfit. The cybercrime operation employed malicious software to allegedly steal from consumers during the past five years. All told, the cybercrime syndicate supposedly stole $100 million. Richard Boscovitch of Microsoft’s digital crimes [...]

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Email Spam Explodes to a Two-Year High

By on August 19, 2011 in Security

Just when computer users have been enjoying relatively fewer spam messages reaching their emails for sometime now, a security firm now reports that the annoying practice has reached a two-year high with a record spike recorded last fall right before the SpamIt operation ended. This time, the spam messages were not just annoying, they now [...]

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Protecting Your Computer From Online Threats and Networks

By on August 17, 2011 in Resources

The dangers posed by computer security threats cannot be underestimated. Every year, companies and individuals suffer losses in terms of direct money loss, time loss, productivity wasted and technical headaches and hassles that could cost several hundred million dollars. Network threats carry a lot of damage and every responsible computer user, whether or not they [...]

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New Methods for Old Identity Theft Scams

By on August 3, 2011 in Resources

Online Identity Theft in New Clothings When it comes to online identity theft, the old saying of “the more things change the more they stay the same” is very appropriate. While the scam remains the same: which is to get your personal information to perpetuate financial crimes, as technology evolved, the methods have changed. Old [...]

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Comcast Fights Against Virus through Pop-ups

By on October 13, 2009 in MyBlog

As much as pop-up alerts can be pretty annoying, it is time to take notice of Comcast’s pop-ups. As the primary high-speed Internet provider in the United States, Comcast believes it is its responsibility to protect its customers from “botnets.” Understanding botnets Botnets are infected personal computers used by cyber-criminals. These computers take up a [...]

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Windows 7 rc as botmasters bait

By on June 15, 2009 in MyBlog, Security, Software

The mania on the soon-to-be launched Windows 7 is taken advantage of by cyber criminals.  A pirated version of Windows 7 Release Candidate is currently circulating.  But the issue is not only piracy — the pirated Windows 7 RC is actually infected with a Trojan horse that establishes a botnet. What the botnet in the [...]

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