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ZeusTracker and the Nuclear Option
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| In early April, Hüssy began tracking a Zeus control server used to receive
| data stolen from a botnet of more than 100,000 infected systems, mostly
| located in Poland and Spain. While investigating this newfound Zeus control
| server, he noticed something unusual: the "kill operating system" had just
| been issued to all 100,000 infected systems.
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/zeustracker_and_the_nuclear_op.html
Recent:
Storm Worm botnet meets its match
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| The Storm Worm has been causing havoc for over two years now, transforming
| more than a billion computers into drones. Following a surprisingly
| unsuccessful mission by Microsoft’s Malicious Software Removal Tool around
| 100,000 drones still remain.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/316/1050316/storm-worm-botnet-meets-its-match
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
Related:
Online banking fraud 'up 8,000%'
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| The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams
| in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
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| The Financial Services Authority (FSA) told peers it was "very concerned"
| about the growth in "phishing".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6177555.stm
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