Facebook Carries Out Lecpetex Botnet Takedown

Facebook has moved slowly and deliberately into the realm of botnet takedowns by disrupting a relatively small operation in Greece that was using the social platform to spread spam and malware. Two arrests were made in connection with the Lecpetex botnet in Greece on July 3. The alleged botmaster...

Facebook Takes Down Bitcoin Stealing Botnet that Infected 250,000 Computers

Once again Facebook is on The Hacker News! This time not for any scam or surveillance, but for a different reason. The social networking giant has managed to take down a Greek botnet that used Facebook to spread malware and infected 250,000 computers to mine crypto-currencies, steal bitcoins, ema...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10606: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 8, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34875 First Published: 2014 July 8 20:42 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10606 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10580: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 7, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34866 First Published: 2014 July 8 15:02 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10580 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10597: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 8, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34874 First Published: 2014 July 8 15:02 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10597 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10600: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 8, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34873 First Published: 2014 July 8 15:02 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10600 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10594: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 8, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34871 First Published: 2014 July 8 15:02 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10594 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10529: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 3, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34841 First Published: 2014 July 7 13:03 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10529 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10575: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 7, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34862 First Published: 2014 July 7 12:52 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10575 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10555: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 6, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34853 First Published: 2014 July 7 12:52 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10555 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10541: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 6, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34849 First Published: 2014 July 7 12:48 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10541 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10528: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 3, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34840 First Published: 2014 July 3 13:25 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10528 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10526: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 3, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34839 First Published: 2014 July 3 13:25 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10526 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10512: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 3, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34837 First Published: 2014 July 3 13:24 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10512 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10520: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 2, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34830 First Published: 2014 July 2 14:41 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10520 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10519: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 2, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34829 First Published: 2014 July 2 14:41 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10519 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10508: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 1, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34824 First Published: 2014 July 2 14:41 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10508 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10511: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 1, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34818 First Published: 2014 July 2 14:41 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10511 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID4400: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on December 18, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34805 First Published: 2014 July 1 14:41 GMT Last Updated: 2014 December 18 14:12 GMT Version: 82 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID4400KVR...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10497: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 30, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34797 First Published: 2014 July 1 14:41 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10497 may contain the following files: Name | Size...