Blast from the Past: “Here You Have” Email Worm Circulating
There’s an email worm ( and not kidding here ) circulating that uses the good old infection method of sending emails with malicious executables to all the people in your address book!
Rustock Botnet Responsible for 40 Percent of Spam
More than 40 percent of the world’s spam is coming from a single network of computers that computer security experts continue to battle,
The Top 10 Botnets
Latest reports have spam accounting for more than 95 percent of all email messages. You can thank botnets for most of that. Here
Mega-D Botnet back after McColo shutdown
Well it was a nice but brief vacation from three of the big Botnets as McColo was shut down last month but by all reports the Mega-D botnet looks to be back and at near full strength.
McColo Hands Off Botnets to the Russians
Brief respite from spam could be over as McColo hands off Command and Control of Botnets to a Russian network.
In The Fight Against Spam Dutch Police Notify Users Infected with Bot Malware
Dutch police have notified people whose computers were infected with malware that made them part of a botnet comprising more than 100,000 PCs. People were redirected to a web page containing directions on disabling the malware and a link to an online virus scanner.
From “Fastflux” to “Hydraflux”: A Brief History Of The Botnet
I’m not sure if you’ve been reading the news over at the Internet Storm Center recently but … they have a an interesting write up on what William Salusky dubs the “Hydraflux” that is worth reading.
