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Chameleon clickfraud botnet costs advertisers $6 million a month

Chameleon clickfraud botnet costs advertisers $6 million a month
  • Posted March 20, 2013, 1:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • Researchers at Spider.io have detailed the discovery of a clickfraud botnet that is purportedly causing at least 70 times more financial damage than the Bamital network Microsoft and Symantec killed in early February. By its estimates, the security outfit says…

Microsoft and Symantec kill Bamital search hijacking botnet

Microsoft and Symantec kill Bamital search hijacking botnet
  • Posted February 7, 2013, 4:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in IT Security, The Web With Video
  • In partnership with Symantec, Microsoft has disrupted yet another botnet, marking its sixth takedown in the three years since starting Project MARS (Microsoft Active Response for Security). Called "Bamital," the malware network has evolved into several variations since Symantec began…

Microsoft disrupts botnet malware that was preinstalled on new PCs

Microsoft disrupts botnet malware that was preinstalled on new PCs
  • Posted September 13, 2012, 2:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Microsoft, IT Security
  • Microsoft has disrupted an emerging botnet along with more than 500 strains of malware after taking control of a malicious.org domain this week. Last August, Microsoft learned that many systems sold in China were preloaded with malware, including strains linked to Nitol...

Sophos: 66% of lost USB drives are infected, none are encrypted

Sophos: 66% of lost USB drives are infected, none are encrypted
  • Posted December 7, 2011, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in IT Security
  • Sophos researchers have tested 50 USB drives and found that two-thirds (33) were infected. The drives were purchased at a train company's lost property auction, so they were presumably owned by passengers before being misplaced. During testing...

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