9 million PCs infected with ZeroAccess botnet

In recent months, we've seen the rootkit family Win32/Sirefef and Win64/Sirefef also known as ZeroAccess Botnet update its command and control protocol and grow to infect more computers while connecting to over one million computers globally. Before, disclosed that it creates its own hidden...

New Iteration of TDSS/TDL-4 Botnet Uses Domain Fluxing to Avoid Detection

A new version of the TDSS/TDL-4 botnet is rapidly growing, primarily because it’s having great success using an evasion technique known as a domain generation algorithm DGA to avoid detection, researchers at Damballa Security revealed today. The algorithm helps the latest version of the botnet...

Report: Bandwith-Burning Malware Among Biggest Consumer Threats

A new malware report indicates Android malware samples grew three-fold last quarter and that one in every 140 devices connected to mobile networks was infected at some point. Closer to home, about 14 percent of household networks were hit by malware this spring, with a 50 percent increase in...

Facebook Warns Users About Timeline Adware

Facebook issued a video warning to its hundreds of millions of users on Thursday about the dangers of adware programs that lure users with promises of special features. In a video message from the Facebook Security group, the company said that a growing number of companies are fooling Facebook...

Koobface Gang Shuts Down C&C Server, Drops Offline

The crew behind the Koobface worm, who have been quite open about their exploits and financial gains from their work in the past, now seem to be ducking underground as pressure is building on them in the wake of exposures of their operation and real identities. The command-and-control server used...

Microsoft launching Real Time Hosted Threat Intelligence Feed

Microsoft launching Real Time Hosted Threat Intelligence Feed Microsoft is to offer a real-time intelligence feed of botnet and e-crime data to public and private sector subscribers, according to security company Kaspersky. Currently, Microsoft is testing a real-time feed to distribute informatio...

SEO Poisoning Campaign Infecting Users With Black Hole Exploit Kit

Researchers have found a new black hat SEO campaign that is being used to redirect users to links that will install the Black Hole exploit kit. The attack is based on searches for, of all things, Shia Labeouf, and leads users through a forest of redirects before plopping them on the compromised...

Mobile Website Flaws Cloak Click Fraud

It’s possible to craft a malicious website so that a user’s clicks are secretly redirected to a legitimate site in a way that steals a user’s passwords and other data. Many Web developers have added protections to block the tactic on standard websites, but Stanford University researchers warn tha...

Beta Users Refute MS Click Fraud Claims

Beta customers named in two click fraud lawsuits Microsoft filed this week maintain their innocence, and both say they assisted the software company in investigating the source of the problem. Read the full article. IDG News Service...

Advertising Losses Mount in Botnet Click Fraud

The clever hacking of online advertisements has quietly grown into a multi-million dollar criminal industry showing no signs of slowing. The big losers: online advertisers. Read the full article. The Last Watchdog...

Botnet-Infected Computers Powering Click Fraud

According to new data from ClickForensics, botnet-infected computers are behind the majority of click-fraud attacks against advertisers and publishers. For the third quarter this year, about 43 percent of all fraudulent clicks came from computers within botnets. The figure is the highest in four...

A Peek at the 'Bahama' Click Fraud Botnet

A new botnet, codenamed the ‘Bahama’ botnet has been linked to the recent surge in click-fraud and scareware attacks. This video by researchers at Click Forensics shows the Bahama Botnet in action. More on this botnet in this report...

Sophisticated Botnet Causing a Surge in Click Fraud

A new botnet has caused a sharp spike in click fraud because it is skirting the most sophisticated filters of search engines, Web publishers and ad networks, according to Click Forensics. The company, which provides services to monitor ad campaigns for click fraud and reports on click fraud...