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FBI’s Operation Ghost Click takes out operators of DNS Changer malware network

10

Nov

2011

The FBI is cock-a-hoop today, having just announced the bust of six Estonians for malware-related cybercrimes. The case goes back to 2007, with the investigation itself apparently having taken two years. The FBI claims that the gang infected 4,000,000 computers in 100 different countries – with 500,000 infections in the USA alone. The crooks are […]

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Morto likes playing games

19

Sep

2011

W32.Morto first made headlines in August because of its capability to spread by Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The worm was unique because it was the first of its kind to use the protocol. However, this wasn't the only unique aspect of the worm. My colleague, Cathal Mullaney, also discovered that W32.Morto introduced the usage […]

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Google Says Gmail Attack Focused on Iranian Targets

30

Aug

2011

Google said late Sunday that an attack mounted against its Gmail service targeted users primarily located in Iran, although the company has taken steps to block further interception attempts. Google discovered that attackers had acquired a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate valid for any website in the google.com domain. The SSL certificate is used to […]

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