Tag: botnet

Europol shuts down Ramnit botnet used to steal bank details

February 26, 2015

The Ramnit botnet that is said to have affected 3.2 million computers has been shut down by European police, reports The BBC. The botnet was used to spread malware through phishing emails and innocuous links posted on social networks, giving cybercriminals access to the bank accounts of users running Windows operating systems. Having been alerted to Ramnit … More Europol shuts down Ramnit botnet used to steal bank details

Have botnet, will travel: Polish consulates in Belarus under cyberattack

January 29, 2015

Belarusians who wish to obtain a visa need to fill out a form to schedule an appointment at the consulate. The form needs to be filed on specific dates (for example, the applications for January 2015 were scheduled for December 20th and 21st) and the number of available appointments is very limited. According to multiple … More Have botnet, will travel: Polish consulates in Belarus under cyberattack

All Carberp botnet organizers arrested

July 3, 2012

We have been tracking the Carberp cybercrime group’s activity for three years now. Tracking started in 2009 with the first samples of the Carberp malcious software seen in the wild. By the beginning of 2010 the second wave of Carberp activity had forced out other banking malware families (Win32/Spy.Shiz, Win32/Hodprot) in Russia. We summarized the … More All Carberp botnet organizers arrested

Carberp Gang Evolution

May 28, 2012

In 2011 we made available a presentation from the 2011 CARO workshop in Prague about the first phases of our investigation into the Win32/Carberp cybercrime group (Cybercrime in Russia: Trends and issues). CARO Workshops are unusual in that they do not permit media to join and because they follow a strict no recording policy during … More Carberp Gang Evolution

Check your DNS settings if you want to surf the web after 8th March

January 16, 2012

After a cybercriminal botnet was taken down by FBI, temporary DNSs set up to replace infected DNSs will be deactivated after 8th March.  On Wednesday, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) advised users to recheck DNS server settings on their computers. This recommendation is related to the successful botnet takedown – dubbed ‘Operation … More Check your DNS settings if you want to surf the web after 8th March