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Botnet Shutdown Success Story – again: Disabling the new Hlux/Kelihos Botnet

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Mar

2012

Last September, in partnership with Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), SurfNET and Kyrus Tech, Inc., Kaspersky Lab successfully disabled the dangerous Hlux/Kelihos botnet by sinkholing the infected machines to a host under our control. A few months later, our researchers stumbled upon a new version of the malware with significant changes in the communication protocol […]

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Thief Posts Photos of Himself on Victim’s Facebook Page

11

Oct

2011

There are some criminals who make things too easy for the cops, like this one guy who accidentally posted a picture of himself on his victim’s Facebook page. According to the report, the victim’s car was broken into last September 26. The only thing taken was the victim’s purse, which contained most of her valuables. […]

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MSRT August ’11: FakeSysdef

10

Aug

2011

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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