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Botnets for the Masses

Dec

2012

Not so long ago, aspiring bot-herders, who wanted to get started with a botnet of their own, would have to hang out in the right circles or learn how to make one themselves. If they hung out in the right circles they would be provided with guidance and documentation to get started. If they were […]

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Ransomware: How to Earn $33,000 Daily

Nov

2012

Ransomware is a type of malicious software that disables the functionality of a computer in some way and demands a ransom in order to restore the computer to its original state. Recent variants use law enforcement imagery to add legitimacy to the warning messages. The malware uses geo-location services to determine the location of the […]

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July 2012 virus activity review: the summer lull and a new threat to Mac OS

Aug

2012

July 2012 saw an increased number of system infections by blocker Trojans; at the same time, because one of the largest BackDoor.Blackenergy botnets was brought down, spam traffic declined significantly. At the end of the month, Doctor Web discovered a cross-platform Trojan, dubbed BackDoor.DaVinci.1, targeting both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It should be […]

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