About a week ago reports of an “indestructible” botnet started coming in. Several researchers warned that the sheer number of infected computers forming the botnet would make it impossible to take down. But is that really the case? TDL4: Less hype, more history This is an article by David Harley, ESET’s researcher, on the matter. … More CyberThreats Daily: How destructible is an indestructible botnet?
Targeted malicious attacks worth US$1.3bn to cyber criminals Cyber criminals are shifting their stratagem away from mass spam attacks to more targeted, malicious-style attacks, such as spearphishing. Cisco estimates the overall cost of targeted attacks to organisations worldwide is US$1.29bn annually. A new report by Cisco suggests cyber criminals have made a fundamental shift in … More CyberThreats Daily: Attacks yield $1.3bn to cybercriminals while UK Police hit by Conficker worm
Our friends at Threatpost have come across what they describe as a massive phishing attack against Tumblr users. It seems the lure of sexual content will work as many times as Lucy can pull the football out each time Charlie Brown tries to kick it. According to the article, hijacked web pages of Tumbler users … More CyberThreats Daily: Do you Use Tumblr? Beware!
You can say what you want about cybersecurity, but you’ve got to admit it’s never boring. If it’s not viruses it’s spam, if it’s not spam it’s scams, if it’s not scams it’s hacks… Last LOL for LulzSec as hackers disband group LulzSec, also known as Lulz Security, the hacker group that has been making … More CyberThreats Daily: LolzSec disband but the cyberfront is far from quiet
Long a puzzling challenge, the FBI seems to be making strides in tackling international coordinated scams, in this case, scareware. Scareware, the practice of providing fake infection notifications to users’ computers, and then offering to sell solutions to problems that don’t exist, has been quite a boon as of late for fraudsters. FBI claims the … More CyberThreats Daily: FBI nabs international “scareware” ring
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