The threat landscape in India has turned out to be more active than initially suspected. India has had a relatively low malware infection rate for some time, which seemed subdued for a region that has such a large high tech industry. But with the new data recently released by Microsoft, in the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence [...]
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Malware infection rate in India much higher than initially suspected
Posted: 6th January 2012 by infosecindia in Malware, NewsTags: botnet, CERT-In, India, malware, Mariposa botnet, microsoft, MSRT, spambot, Trojans, Windows XP, Worms
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Hosting Providers Infested With Malware, Botnets: Report
Posted: 13th July 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, NewsTags: Amazon, AS33182 HostDime, botnet, C&C servers, China, exploit servers, Germany, HostExploit, hosting providers, malware, Phishing, Spam, U.S., ZeuS
A new report from HostExploit, an independent group that monitors the level of relative malicious activity on hosting providers around the world, shows that HostDime, a provider based in Orlando, Fla., had the highest relative levels of malware and phishing and other malicious activity in the second quarter of 2011. The servers hosted by the company [...]
Android malware and new botnets attempting to take over where Rustock left off
Posted: 3rd June 2011 by infosecindia in Mobile, NewsTags: Android, botnet, cybercriminals, mcafee, Rustock, Spam, SpyEye, Threats Report: First Quarter 2011, ZeuS
McAfee today released the McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2011. With six million unique samples of recorded malware, Q1 2011 was the most active first quarter in malware history. The report revealed many of the trends that had a significant impact on the threat landscape, such as the takedown of the Rustock botnet, which resulted in [...]
Mariposa botnet rises from the ashes
Posted: 26th May 2011 by infosecindia in DDoS, Malware, NewsTags: 116 active Mariposa C&C servers, botnet, DDoS, Mariposa, WORM_PALEVO
The Mariposa botnet made headlines when three of its alleged operators were arrested in Spain prior to its supposed shutdown. This was followed by a sudden and drastic decrease in Mariposa-related incidents, which was very understandable because the botnet was reported to have already been taken down. Lately, however, Trend Micro has observed a strange increase in activity [...]
Complete sourcecode of ZeuS botnet leaked to the masses
Posted: 10th May 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, NewsTags: botnet, Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, malware, Trojan, virus, Zbot, ZeuS
Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS has found that the complete source code for the ZeuS botnet crime kit is being distributed on several underground forums as well as through other channels. CSIS has also collected several addresses from where Zeus source code is being distributed in a compressed zip archive. The company says [...]
Arbor Network launches new anti-DDoS package
Posted: 10th May 2011 by infosecindia in DDoS, NewsTags: Arbor Networks, botnet, Cloud Signaling, data center, DDoS, IDC, Pravail Availability Protection System, security, Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report
Arbor Networks, a security and network management solutions provider, announced today the Arbor Pravail Availability Protection System (APS), a new product family focused on securing the Internet data center (IDC) edge. An important new capability introduced within the Arbor Pravail APS is Cloud Signaling, a protocol that bridges the gap between the data center edge [...]
U.S. Department of Justice takes down Coreflood botnet
Posted: 15th April 2011 by infosecindia in Law & Order, Malware, NewsTags: 2 million computers, botnet, Coreflood, Dell, department of justice, FBI, malware, microsoft
Following the infection of more than 2 million computers worldwide – most of which were based in the United States, The US Department of Justice in association with Microsoft has moved swiftly to file civil complaints, issued a restraining order and numerous criminal seizure warrants. The botnet is a network of hundreds of thousands of computers infected with a [...]
McAfee enhances network security platform
Posted: 14th April 2011 by infosecindia in NewsTags: botnet, mcafee, network security, reputation, threat intelligence, virtual inspection, virtualization
McAfee has announced enhancements to its Network Security Platform. The latest release of McAfee Network Security Platform includes enhanced botnet control through reputation intelligence, virtual network inspection and a traffic analysis port for network monitoring, forensics and other advanced analysis engines. In the most recent Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network IPS, Gartner states, “As vulnerability [...]