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Slapper

13

Sep

2012

Ten years ago, one of the largest Linux worm outbreaks was underway. Known as Slapper, this worm would infect Linux machines via an OpenSSL vulnerability. Infected Linux servers were organized into a P2P network which could then be used to launch DDoS attacks. Although Slapper was not the first Linux worm (at least ADMworm and […]

Category General Written by F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog 0 Comments

Zeusbot/Spyeye P2P Updated, Fortifying the Botnet

22

Feb

2012

We blogged about a parallel Zeusbot/Spyeye build near the end of last year that introduced some improvements in the botnet, moving the network architecture away from a simple bot-to-C&C system and introducing the beginnings of a peer-to-peer model. This new variant new uses P2P communication exclusively in order to keep the botnet alive and gathering […]

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Long life to Kelihos!

17

Feb

2012

During the past months, the spam engine Kelihos has attracted the attention of many people, including security company researchers and analysts. Very interesting also was the recent official Microsoft response where has been confirmed a new generation of Kelihos variants derived from the previous. The Websense® Security Labs™ Spam Trap system has detected a variant of Kelihos that is apparently still active. We focused […]

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