This is not the first time the HLUX botnet has been mentioned in this blog, but there are still some unanswered questions that we’ve been receiving from the media: What is the botnet’s sphere of activity? What sort of commands does it receive from malicious users? How does the bot spread? How many infected computers […]
The takedown of the MegaUpload website, and the arrest of its founders on copyright infringement charges, certainly upset the applecart. Earlier this week, for instance, we saw Anonymous launch denial-of-service attacks against US government and entertainment industry websites, tricking innocent people into clicking on links which recruited their unwitting computers into the assault. In addition, […]
This month’s Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) includes Win32/FakeSysdef – one of the most prevalent trojans affecting our support groups over the past few months. We’ve discussed this threat in previous blogs (1, 2), and turn to this excerpt from our encyclopedia for some more detail: Win32/FakeSysdef is a family of programs that claim to […]
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