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Peer-to-Peer Botnet Takedowns a Challenge
The FBI, Justice Department and technology companies have had success shutting down botnets that rely on a centralized infrastructure and command and control servers to communicate with bots, steal data or send malicious commands. Peer-to-peer botnets, however, have proven more difficult to take...
Small Businesses Lose £800 Million Per Year to Cybercrime
Small- and medium-sized businesses are losing a staggering £785 million per year to cybercrime, according to a joint report published by the Federation of Small Businesses FSB and the Home Office and Business Departments in the United Kingdom. Despite this, just fewer than 20 percent of businesse...
Shylock Trojan Going Global with New Features, Resilient Infrastructure
The prolific, credential-stealing Shylock banking Trojan is growing increasingly sophisticated as its creators continue adding new modules and functionalities to the man-in-the-browser malware, according to a Symantec report. To this point, Shylock has made its money via man-in-the-browser attack...
Microsoft Windows 8 with Resilient File System (ReFS)
Microsoft Windows 8 with Resilient File System ReFS Microsoft is switching to the Resilient File System for Windows 8, but only the server edition will support the new and more robust file system. While Windows 8 client machines will continue to use the NTFS filesystem. ReFS is meant to maintain...
DHS: $40m To Research Next Big Thing in Cyber Security
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a call for proposals this week in a $40m program to encourage research and development in a wide range of topics related to cyber security: from designing more resilient software, to alternatives to passwords and CAPTCHA technology to prevent...
Experts Discuss Stuxnet's Long-Term Impact on Cybersecurity
Stuxnet has both fascinated and horrified the cybersecurity community throughout 2010. Its multiple zero-day exploits, stealth capabilities, and precise control over industrial machinery mark it as a prime example of advanced cyber threats. Stuxnet represents both a nightmare and a dream for...
NSA: Our Development Methods Are in the Open Now
WASHINGTON–Despite its reputation for secrecy and technical expertise, the National Security Agency doesn’t have a set of secret coding practices or testing methods that magically make their applications and systems bulletproof. In fact, one of the agency’s top technical experts said that virtual...
More Secure Software Needed for Utilities, NERC CSO Says
It took a malware attack with an unprecedented level of sophistication to make it happen, but officials in charge of the security of much of the country’s electrical grid have come ot the conclusion that there is a need for more secure software and better security processes and procedures to...
Attackers Moving to Social Networks For Command and Control
Bot herders and the crimeware gangs behind banker Trojans have had a lot of success in the last few years with using bulletproof hosting providers as their main base of operations. But more and more, they’re finding that social networks such as Twitter and Facebook are offering even more fertile...
Botnets Using Ubiquity as Security
LIMASSOL, CYPRUS–The operators of large-scale botnets such as Gumblar and others for years have relied upon stealth, creativity and guile to hide their creations from researchers and authorities for as long as possible. This has been especially vital for botnets with centralized command-and-contr...
