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Working on the Holidays

30

Nov

2011

While the United States enjoyed a long Thanksgiving weekend, hackers continued to battle Web security. Fortunately, the automated WebsenseR ThreatSeekerR Network and staff elsewhere in the world ensured that systems and data stayed safe. Websense researchers working over the holidays identified emerging threats hijacking the holiday spirit. Over 40% of 170 popular Thanksgiving-related search terms had […]

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Botnet Shutdown Success Story: How Kaspersky Lab Disabled the Hlux/Kelihos Botnet

29

Sep

2011

Earlier this week, Microsoft released an announcement about the disruption of a dangerous botnet that was responsible for spam messages, theft of sensitive financial information, pump-and-dump stock scams and distributed denial-of-service attacks. Kaspersky Lab played a critical role in this botnet takedown initiative, leading the way to reverse-engineer the bot malware, crack the communication protocol […]

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An analysis of the pay-per-install underground economy

07

Sep

2011

A few weeks ago at the USENIX Security Symposium, researchers Juan Caballero, Chris Grier, Christian Kreibich and Vern Paxson presented their paper “Understanding the Underground Economy,” a look into the inner workings of the pay-per-install underground economy. What is pay-per-install? Security researchers use the term to describe one of the most popular malware distribution methods. […]

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