Tag Archives: botnets

Several new phishing campaigns have been spotted in the wild. The first one is a new incarnation of an old scam. Emails that look like they’ve come from your friends arrive with an urgent message about them being on a trip to …

The year’s off to a rousing start, with all sorts of interesting security news this week: Wikipedia led a temporarily successful foray against SOPA and PIPA by joining numerous websites that went dark for a day; the founder of Megaupload …

This week, a phishing attack landed in the inboxes of several US government agencies, spoofing the US government’s cyber security watchdog and response agency. Complete with attachments, the e-mail’s payload was a nasty little virus that has already been tracked …

In Part 2 of our look at what you can expect in the coming year, faint rumblings out of Japan suggest that one prediction from Part 1 of this article has already come true. If the very real prospect of …

In a turn of events appropriate for the most tumultuous year in cybercrime, 2011’s body is barely cold and we’re already smelling something suspicious from its decomposing carcass. Rumors of two worms, one well-known and the other relatively new on …

2011 is coming to a close and that means it’s time to make resolutions for 2012. Here’s a look at what types of resolutions spammers might be making for the new year. Although overall spam volumes dropped this year, there’s really …

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and what better way to take a look back at the year in spam than poke a little fun at the moronic state of the crap that invades our inboxes? In a …

In a fine example of international relations, Russia and the United States exchanged gifts early this year when they announced that the two countries are entering a new level of cooperation on cyber threat analysis and the global war on …

The Cutwail botnet, an old-timer which has been around for almost 6 years, is still continuing to pump out spam and several new campaigns have been detected. Cutwail, also known as Pushdo and Pandex, is known for producing massive amounts of …

Stuxnet, arguably the most interesting and bone chilling discovery in the history of computer security threats, is back in the news this week. This time, however, it’s brought a friend – one familiar to security experts and IT personnel alike. …