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FAQ: Disabling the new Hlux/Kelihos Botnet

28

Mar

2012

Q: What is the Hlux/Kelihos botnet? A: Kelihos is Microsoft’s name for what Kaspersky calls Hlux. Hlux is a peer-to-peer botnet with an architecture similar to the one used for the Waledac botnet. It consists of layers of different kinds of nodes: controllers, routers and workers. Q: What is a peer-to-peer botnet? A: Unlike a […]

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There’s a cream for that

12

Mar

2012

The other day, while previewing messages in my inbox, I saw a conspicuous message with the following parameters, typos included: To: (email address)CC: (email address),…Subject: Your ex sent me this pciture of you.Body:Hey (email address),Your ex sent me this picture claiming it’s you. Is it really so? You probaly should see a doctor:) They can […]

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Malware Targets Demonstrators Opposed to Putin’s Re-Election

08

Mar

2012

Contributor: Pavlo Prodanchuk A wave of spam emails promoting a rally against newly elected president Vladimir Putin of Russia began around March 5. An attachment purporting to contain details of an upcoming anti-Putin demonstration accompanied email subjects with varying call-to-action lines: “All to demonstration” “Instructions what to do” “Meeting for the equal elections” Here is […]

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