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Accused Kelihos malware mastermind protests his innocence

31

Jan

2012

Andrey Sabelnikov, who Microsoft accused last week of being the mastermind behind the Kelihos botnet, has protested his innocence. The 31-year-old programmer from St Petersburg became the subject of headlines around the world after Microsoft told US courts that they believed he created the Kelihos malware, and alleged that he “used the malware to control, […]

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Microsoft’s Kelihos botnet suspect used to work for computer security firm

24

Jan

2012

Microsoft has named a 31-year-old Russian, who used to work at a firm producing anti-virus and firewall software, believing him to be responsible for attacks perpetrated by the Kelihos botnet. Andrey Sabelnikov, of St Petersburg, Russia, has been named in an amended complaint filed by the software giant with the US District Court. Microsoft says […]

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Times journalist disciplined for computer hacking

10

Jan

2012

A public inquiry into the practices and ethics of the British media, following the News of the World “phone hacking” scandal, has heard that a journalist for The Times hacked into computers. According to written evidence given by Simon Toms, News International’s interim director of legal affairs, the unnamed journalist was disciplined in 2009 for […]

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