Good Guys Bring Down the Mega-D Botnet (Network World)
For two years as a researcher with security company FireEye, Atif Mushtaq worked to keep Mega-D bot malware from infecting clients’ networks. In the process, he learned how its controllers operated it. Last June, he began publishing his findings online. In November, he suddenly switched from defense to offense. And Mega-D–a powerful, resilient botnet that [...]
Good Guys Bring Down the Mega-D Botnet (PC World via Yahoo! News)
For two years as a researcher with security company FireEye, Atif Mushtaq worked to keep Mega-D bot malware from infecting clients’ networks. In the process, he learned how its controllers operated it. Last June, he began publishing his findings online. In November, he suddenly switched from defense to offense. And Mega-D–a powerful, resilient botnet that [...]
2009 in review: Security (vnunet.com)
Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Saturday 26 December 2009 at 08:30:00 This year has seen more new threats appearing on the security horizon and the continued belligerence of some old foes Drive-by downloads Drive-by downloads have become one of the major ways in which cyber criminals spread malware, according to Symantec security operations manager Orla Cox. [...]
Virus rumors unfounded (Sedalia Democrat)
There have been reports that certain ads on our Web site have been infected with and are spreading malware and/or viruses. Freedom’s IT technicians have tried to replicate the issue but no malicious software was found.source
Micron’s near billion dollar turnaround (The Register)
Sails serenely into profit after restructuring DRAM and NAND flash manufacturer Micron recorded a $204m million profit in its first fiscal 2010 quarter, contrasting vividly with a $718m loss in the year-ago quarter.… Offloading malware protection to the cloudsource