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- Overall spam volume unaffected by 3FN/Pricewert's ISP shutdown
- Following last week's shutdown of 3FN/Pricewert's operations by the FTC, wishful thinkers expected a major decline in the overall spam volume, with botnet masters once again caught off guard just like it happened in November, 2008 with McColo's shutdown. However, according to numerous vendors that doesn't seem...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Malware, FTC, Spam Volume, 3FN/Pricewert, Marshal8e6, Rustock, Pricewert, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Business Security, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Business Operations, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
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- McAfee Avert Stinger 10.0.1.624 (Windows)
- Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger utilizes next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally signed DAT files,...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Microsoft Windows, Stinger
- Software downloads 2009-07-06
- Waledac botnet spamming fake SMS spying tool
- Waledac is once again using its well proven social engineering tactics by introducing a "fake SMS spying tool" (free.exe; smstrap.exe; install.exe; setup.exe etc.) and Online Casinos theme, in an attempt to further expand the botnet. No client-side vulnerabilities are used for the time being, instead the cybercriminals...
- Tags: Phone, SMS, Spamming, Cybercriminal, Tool, Waledac, Bredolab, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- Google: Spam volume for Q1 back to pre-McColo levels
- It took only a couple of months for cybercriminals to catch-up and reintroduce the massive spam volumes that briefly disappeared following the shutdown of the cybercrime ecosystem's sitting duck McColo in November, 2008. According to Google's Postini Spam data and trends for Q1 2009, during the first...
- Tags: Google Inc., Spammer, Spamming, Spam Volume, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- With or without McColo, spam volume increasing again
- It was only a matter of time for spam volume to sky rocket again, despite McColo's shutdown in November. Two weeks after the cybercrime-friendly ISP got disconnected from the Internet, spam volumes are increasing once again with the main botnets using it as a command and control location regaining their...
- Tags: Continuity, Internet Service Provider, McColo, Spam Volume, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Host suspected of serving spam, child porn cut off from Net
- The Internet has at least partially disconnected itself from McColo, an ISP suspected of providing hosting services to criminals serving kiddie porn and selling Viagra and fake security software. According to PC World, Hurricane Electric, which had been peering with McColo disconnected Tuesday night. Global Crossing also peered McColo and...
- Tags: Trend Micro Inc., Child Pornography, McColo, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spam, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Bank of India site hijacked, launching exploits
- The Bank of India Web site has been hijacked by online criminals and is being used to serve up rootkits and backdoor Trojans on unpatched Windows machines. Malware hunters at Sunbelt Software are warning that a snippet of code has been planted into the Bank of India...
- Tags: Bank, Malware, Attack, Bank Of India Web Site, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-08-31
- Declaring war on botnets
- This mornings New York Times carried a John Markoff article on the growing threat of zombie networks. Internet crimes are on the increase and botnets, large networks of computers that have been compromised by hackers and turned to the hackers purposes are increasingly the tool of choice. ...
- Tags: General, Security, Web Technology, Polls, Linux, Microsoft, botnet, computer, Internet
- Blog posts 2007-01-08
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