Thousands of Websites Hacked
Security vendor Kaspersky Labs warns that ""We’re estimating that in the last two days alone, between 2,000 and 10,000 servers, mainly Western European and American ones, have been hacked," Kaspersky wrote on its Web site Friday, "It’s not yet clear who’s doing this."
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Researchers Hijack Storm Worm to Track Profits
November 7, 2008 by Shanmuga
Filed under Botnets, Recommended Reads
"A single response from 12 million e-mails is all it takes for spammers to turn annual profits of millions of dollars promoting knockoff pharmaceuticals, according to an unprecedented new study on the economics of spam.
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Bots exploiting Microsoft’s latest RPC flaw
November 7, 2008 by Shanmuga
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"Several antivirus vendors are reporting on Monday a new round of exploitation of Microsoft’s out-of-cycle security bulletin last month. The flaw in MS08-067, which affects how remote procedure calls (RPC) are handled in the Windows Server Service, has the potential to become a fast-spreading worm, according to Microsoft. But experts predict any exploitation will be bundled within an existing Trojan horse or botnet package because that’s where criminals can make the most money from the malware code.
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Is Rock Phish cybergang set for a comeback?
September 8, 2008 by Shanmuga
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"”Rock Phish is making an investment in their own infrastructure by upgrading their botnet,” says Sean Brady, product marketing manager at RSA. RSA, whose FraudAction Research Lab has posted a blog item on the topic, says the end result could be a surge in phishing attacks in the near future.
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RAM raiders: inside secrets of the cyber hackers
September 1, 2008 by Shanmuga
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"I have just found a new best friend and his name is Pyr0. I didn’t choose him because he is entertaining or fun to be with - although he is both. Nope, it’s just that, more than anything, you wouldn’t want Pyr0 to be your enemy.
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Rustock and Srizbi botnets share a common trojan
"Two of the world’s largest and most prolific spamming botnets have been spotted sharing a common bot malware-delivery method. But whether that means that the operators of the rival Rustock and Srizbi botnets are actually in cahoots is unclear, security researchers say.
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Security: Online Crime Gang Stole Millions
August 12, 2008 by Shanmuga
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"To gain a grasp of just how badly organized cyber-crime groups are fleecing American banks and consumers, it may be instructive to look at the details released this week about the operations of a single online crime gang, that is responsible for undoubtedly the largest cache of stolen data ever uncovered.
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Hacking: iGoogle gadgets a security risk, say hackers
"HACKERS turned computer security specialists have accused Google of setting users up for online disasters by letting them personalise their home pages with applications that could be tainted. Software that people can be tricked into installing on iGoogle homepages can track their activities and even be used to control their computer, SecTheory chief executive Robert Hansen said today.
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Hacking: Hackers recently Used Facebook for Malware Attack
"Hackers, impersonating members’ friends, attacked Facebook by convincing users on Facebook’s Wall to view a video link that they said was hosted by Google. The Wall is a place were members post messages for friends.
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Hacking: Ongoing IFrame attack proving difficult to kill
March 19, 2008 by Shanmuga
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"One of the factors that make an ongoing malware attack so difficult to stop is the speed with which the assault can evolve. Over the past 12 days, an IFrame injection attack that originally focused on ZDNet Asia has been spreading across the ‘Net, changing targets and payloads on an almost daily basis. An iFrame (short for inline frame) is an element of HTML that’s used to embed HTML from another source into a webpage. The timeline of the attack is provided below, thanks in no small part to security consultant Dancho Danchev, who has kept a play-by-play account of the IFrame attack on his blog.
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