Microsoft and Symantec shut down servers at two data centers today, pulling a botnet that could be up to 900,000 infected computers strong offline.
The FBI, with the help of Facebook's security team, arrested a number of people involved with the Yahos malware, which affected over 11 million people.
The outgoing executive assistant director of the F.B.I., Shawn Henry, is not leaving on an optimistic note. “We’re not winning,” the nation’s top cyber-cop told the Wall Street Journal. ”I don’t see how we ever come out of this without …
Last week Symantec reported 13 potentially malware-carrying Android applications, that it said may make up a family of botnets. Mobile security firm Lookout Mobile, however, is now saying the apps are just an advertising network.
“We disagree with the assessment …
Symantec claims to have found a string of “malicious” applications in the Android app store that resemble botnets.
According to a blog post by the company, these applications are pushing out a type of malware called Android.Counterclank, which is said …
Microsoft has accused a Russian former anti-virus software developer of creating the Kelihos botnet, which sent out 3.8 billion spam messages every day in its prime.
Andrey Sabelnikov, who currently lives in St. Petersburg, Russia, was once a “software engineer …
The “TDL-4″ botnet now has more than 4.5 million infected PCs running on it and is the “most sophisticated threat” to computer security today, according to Kaspersky Labs researcher Sergey Golovanov.
Botnets are groups of malware-infected computers that are used …
