Security researchers have disrupted the botnet known as Pushdo, a coup that over the past 48 hours has almost completely choked the torrent of junkmail from the once-prolific spam network. Researchers from the security inteligence firm LastLine said that they identified a total of 30 servers used as Pushdo command and control channels and managed [...]

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A server-based botnet that preys on insecure websites is flooding the net with attacks that attempt to guess the login credentials for secure shells protecting Linux boxes, routers, and other network devices. According to multiple security blogs, the bot compromises websites running outdated versions of phpMyAdmin. By exploiting a vulnerability patched in April, the bot [...]

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Researchers have cracked open a botnet that amassed more than 60GB of passwords and other stolen data, even as it cloaked itself using a state-of-the-art technique known as fast flux. When its command-and-control server was infiltrated, the Mumba botnet had snagged more than 55,000 PCs, according to the researchers from anti-virus provider AVG. The data-stealing [...]

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The Mariposa botnet had the power to dwarf Georgia and Estonia cyberattacks if it had been used to launch denial of service attacks, say Spanish police. Months of investigations by the Guardia Civil in Spain, the FBI and security firm Panda Security and Defence Intelligence led to the takedown of the 12.7 million strong zombie [...]

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Czech security experts have uncovered a global network of devices attacked by computer viruses within which it was possible to wiretap and gain access to sensitive data, Jan Vykopal, head of the security project of Masaryk University, told CTK yesterday. Modems were among the attacked devices as they are only poorly protected. The viruses were [...]

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