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  AT&T reluctant to support FCC call to adopt new PC security measures

  The head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants the ISP broadband providers to help battle botnets by being more active in helping their subscribers eradicate malware infections on their PCs. But AT&T's chief security officer said AT&T is reluctant to go beyond its current anti-malware efforts.

  By Ellen Messmer | 09 March, 2012 05:42

  Tags: anti-malware, at&t, botnets, Ed Amoroso, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, security

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  2012 Outlook: The end of everything?

  Welcome to 2012, the year the world ends. Yes, in case you haven't been following the eschatologists out there (and most of them are definitely "out there"), 2012 will be "it" for humanity. The "last hurrah". Fini. Au revoir.

  By Mark Gibbs | 09 January, 2012 16:30

  Tags: analytics, antispam, applications, Big Data, Big Media, botnets, business intelligence, consumerization, DDoS attacks, end times, eschatology, Facebook, fcc, hackers, hacking, hacktivism

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  Botnets decentralise after Redmond’s kingpin takedowns

  Recent efforts by Microsoft and law enforcement to take down the biggest spamming botnets may have helped fight pharmaceutical companies but they have had little effect on overall spam levels.

  By Liam Tung | 19 August, 2011 08:38

  Tags: botnets, Cutwail botnet, cybercrime, kaspersky labs, M86 security labs, malware, Microsoft, Redmond, rustock kaspersky, spam, spamit, SpyEye botnet, zeus

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  Zeus leaks give tools to researchers, attackers

  The source code and a manual to the popular crimeware creation kit Zeus has been leaked, perhaps giving defenders additional tools to fight infections but also raising concerns that criminals may use the source code to create a rapidly expanding compendium of variants.

  By Robert Lemos | 14 May, 2011 07:09

  Tags: applications, botnets, cybercrime, data protection, Data Protection | Malware, f-secure, legal, malware source code, malware toolkits, Russian cybercrime, software, symantec, Symantec.cloud, zeus

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  Group used 30,000-node botnet in MasterCard, PayPal attacks

  PayPal's website was hit late Wednesday by two botnets as online activists continued their Web attacks on companies that have severed their relationships with WikiLeaks.

  By Robert McMillan | 10 December, 2010 06:44

  Tags: botnets, government, internet, legal, MasterCard International, paypal, security, visa, wikileaks

• Botnet takedown may yield valuable data

  Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for most of the world's spam.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 02 September, 2010 20:25

  Tags: botnets, LastLine, malware, pushdo, security

• Guilty plea after botnet tested with DDoS on ISP

  The second man charged in 2006 computer attacks on The Planet and T35 Hosting has agreed to plead guilty.

  By Robert McMillan | 12 May, 2010 05:06

  Tags: botnets, security

• New Storm worm may not last long

  A new variant of the Storm worm has emerged, but it does not appear to be as well-designed as its older relative, according to computer security researchers.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 29 April, 2010 00:55

  Tags: botnets, security, storm worm

• Texas man to plead guilty to building botnet-for-hire

  A Mesquite, Texas, man is set to plead guilty to training his 22,000-PC botnet on a local ISP -- just to show off its firepower to a potential customer.

  By Robert McMillan | 29 April, 2010 07:23

  Tags: botnets, David Anthony Edwards, ePlanet.com, Nettick

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  Zeus botnet exploits unpatched PDF flaw

  The Zeus botnet is now using an unpatched flaw in Adobe's PDF document format to infect users with malicious code, security researchers said today.

  By Gregg Keizer | 16 April, 2010 06:11

  Tags: botnets, security, Zeus botnet

• After takedown, botnet-linked ISP Troyak resurfaces

  Last week FBI Director Robert Mueller called the fight against hackers "the cyber equivalent of cat-and-mouse." On Wednesday security experts trying to take down the Zeus botnet got a taste of what he meant.

  By Robert McMillan | 11 March, 2010 10:48

  Tags: botnets, security, Zeus botnet

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  Zeus botnet dealt a blow as ISP Troyak knocked out

  Internet service providers linked to the notorious Zeus botnet have been taken down, knocking out a third of the command-and-control servers that run the network of hacked machines.

  By Robert McMillan | 11 March, 2010 07:37

  Tags: botnets, security, Zeus botnet

• FBI embeds cyber-investigators in Ukraine, Estonia

  Hoping to catch cybercrooks, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has begun embedding agents with law enforcement agencies in Estonia, the Ukraine and the Netherlands.

  By Robert McMillan | 05 March, 2010 06:59

  Tags: botnets, cybersecurity, estonia, fbi, Ukraine

• Spanish police take down massive Mariposa botnet

  Spanish authorities have arrested three men in an operation that has crushed a major botnet network of infected computers.

  By Robert McMillan | 03 March, 2010 12:01

  Tags: botnets, security

• Court order helps Microsoft tear down Waledac botnet

  With the help of a U.S. federal judge, Microsoft has struck a blow against one of the Internet's worst sources of spam: the notorious Waledac botnet.

  By Robert McMillan | 25 February, 2010 19:44

  Tags: botnets, Microsoft