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Attacks at 40Gb/s: Arbor talks about ISP-level security

Attacks at 40Gb/s: Arbor talks about ISP-level security

iTnews interviewed Nick Race, Australian Manager of Arbor Networks, about the size and strength of new malicious attacks, Australian vulnerability, and how inter-ISP networks provided better security than end-user software.
Kathryn Small Nov 13 2008 2:20PM Security
American jailed after assisting NZ hacker in botnet attack

American jailed after assisting NZ hacker in botnet attack

An American who helped a New Zealand hacker has been sentenced to 90 days in prison and five years of probation.
Dan Raywood Oct 23 2008 10:12AM Security
Botnet experts meet as threat grows

Botnet experts meet as threat grows

The stakes were high when scores of researchers and investigators met Thursday for the twice-annual International Botnet Task Force meeting.
Dan Kaplan Oct 22 2008 9:48AM Security
Storm botnet dies down

Storm botnet dies down

The Storm botnet has stopped producing spam, but it is unlikely that its creators have simply given up and gone home, experts say.
Staff Writers Oct 15 2008 10:06AM Security
Case study: The Leading Edge calls Proofpoint to disable Botnet attack

Case study: The Leading Edge calls Proofpoint to disable Botnet attack

Consultancy firm, The Leading Edge called Proofpoint to restore its email when a Botnet attack took the company’s internet link down.
Jenny Eagle Oct 9 2008 3:13PM Security
Unauthorised web servers connected to IRS network

Unauthorised web servers connected to IRS network

The US Internal Revenue Service found 1,811 unauthorised web servers connected to its network.
Sue Marquette Poremba Sep 8 2008 9:44AM Security
Botnet ranks exploding

Botnet ranks exploding

The number of computers currently controlled by botnets has exploded in recent months, say researchers.
Shaun Nichols Sep 3 2008 3:38PM Security
Botnet ranks exploding

Botnet ranks exploding

The number of computers currently controlled by botnets has exploded in recent months, say researchers.
Shaun Nichols Sep 3 2008 11:34AM Security
Brazilian indicted for botnet conspiracy

Brazilian indicted for botnet conspiracy

A Brazilian man has been indicted for conspiring to broker the sale of a botnet which allegedly damaged 100,000 Pcs.
Egan Orion Aug 25 2008 7:49AM Security
Dutch police smash Shadow botnet

Dutch police smash Shadow botnet

The Dutch High Tech Crime Unit has arrested two people and shut down the Shadow botnet, which is thought to contain over 100,000 compromised computers..
Iain Thomson Aug 14 2008 4:06PM Security
Fake 'Yahoo sold to Microsoft' spam boosts Rustock botnet

Fake 'Yahoo sold to Microsoft' spam boosts Rustock botnet

A new large-scale botnet has been spotted forwarding what appears to be real news headlines about Microsoft, George Bush and Al Qaeda in an attempt to infect users.
Staff Writers Jul 25 2008 2:40PM Security
One of the biggest threats to Internet users today: Srizbi

One of the biggest threats to Internet users today: Srizbi

Crushing the Storm worm, the Srizbi botnet has caused a sharp rise in the circulation of malicious spam which is said to have tripled in just one week.
Negar Salek Jun 25 2008 2:13PM Security
Asprox botnet rears its ugly head

Asprox botnet rears its ugly head

A new botnet which specialises in sending out phishing spam has prompted security experts to call for enterprises to review their security protection.
Clement James May 22 2008 7:53AM Security
Asprox botnet malware morphs

Asprox botnet malware morphs

The Asprox botnet, initially exclusively used for phishing scams, is now an SQL injection vector for website attacks.
Sue Marquette Poremba May 16 2008 10:00AM Security
"Byzantine" botnet uses military, education servers for spam

"Byzantine" botnet uses military, education servers for spam

Researchers at an Eastern European security company have uncovered a spam-sending scheme of "Byzantine complexity" that attempts to use military and university email servers to send junk email.
Jim Carr May 5 2008 11:02AM Security
Murder, intrigue and the end of an era

Murder, intrigue and the end of an era

The week started off with an end of an era, as Telstra scrapped its CDMA network to make way for the Next G network.
Ashley Clark May 3 2008 12:47PM Strategy
Storm botnet blows itself out

Storm botnet blows itself out

The Storm botnet decreased to just five per cent of its original size during April, but overall web-based malware levels increased by 23.3 per cent, new monitoring data reveals.
Robert Jaques May 1 2008 11:06PM Security
Major botnet infiltrated

Major botnet infiltrated

The insidious Kraken botnet has been infiltrated and a way found to shut it down remotely.
Chuck Miller May 1 2008 10:36AM Security
US surfers 'alarmingly' ignorant over botnet danger

US surfers 'alarmingly' ignorant over botnet danger

The US-based National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today published research revealing that 71 percent of consumers are dangerously ignorant when it comes to protecting themselves against botnets..
Robert Jaques Apr 11 2008 8:00AM Security
Underworld economy runs on bots and spam

Underworld economy runs on bots and spam

Market for hijacked PCs fuels online crime.
Shaun Nichols Apr 11 2008 6:19AM Security

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