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Time to check your DNS settings?

14

Jan

2012

On Wednesday, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) published a press release advising users to recheck DNS server settings on their computers. This recommendation is related to the successful botnet takedown – dubbed ‘Operation Ghost Click’ – led by the FBI during November 2011. The bad guys behind this botnet had infested approximately […]

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FBI: Operation Ghost Click

10

Nov

2011

A US court has indicted seven men (6 Estonians and 1 Russian) as part of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Operation Ghost Click. Estonian authorities have made 6 arrests, the Russian defendant is still at large. Long time blog readers should remember one of the defendants, Vladimir T?a?t?in (aka “SCR”), from Case EstDomains, circa […]

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Esthost Taken Down – Biggest Cybercriminal Takedown in History

10

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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