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Koobface malware gang – the noose tightens?

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Jan

2012

Members of the Koobface malware gang might be feeling a little hot under the collar as evidence has begun to spill onto the internet about the alleged identity of one of its members. The Koobface botnet has been terrorising millions of internet users since mid 2008, and much investigation has taken place into how the […]

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Esthost Taken Down – Biggest Cybercriminal Takedown in History

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Nov

2011

On November 8, a long-living botnet of more than 4,000,000 bots was taken down by the FBI and Estonian police in cooperation with Trend Micro and a number of other industry partners. In this operation, dubbed “Operation Ghost Click” by the FBI, two data centers in New York City and Chicago were raided and a […]

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‘Government’ backdoor R2D2 Trojan discovered by Chaos Computer Club

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Oct

2011

The famous Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has announced the discovery of a backdoor Trojan horse capable of spying on online activity and recording Skype internet calls which, it says, is used by the German police force. The malware – which has been variously dubbed “0zapftis”, “Bundestrojaner” or “R2D2” – is likely to kick up a […]

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