Over 17000 Mac Machines Affected by 'iWorm' Botnet Malware

A newly discovered zombie network that exclusively targets Apple computers running Mac OS X across the globe has compromised roughly 17,000 machines so far, giving hackers backdoor access to infected computers, researchers at Russian antivirus firm Dr.Web warned. According to a survey of traffic...

Mariposa Botnet

Overview ICS-CERT has received reports and investigated infections of the MariposaDefence Intelligence, http://defintel.com/docs/MariposaAnalysis.pdf, website last accessed March 15, 2010. botnet, which have affected the business networks of multiple control system owners in recent months. ICS-CE...

Gamers Seek Beta Versions, Download Malware Instead

Tracking the increasingly common use of PC games as an infection vector, researchers at the Microsoft Malware Protection Center MMPC discovered a couple of malicious programs making the rounds on torrent and file sharing sites. Social engineers are disguising their malware by labeling it as the...

The Economics of Botnets

From Viruslist.com Yury Namestnikov In the past ten years, botnets have evolved from small networks of a dozen PCs controlled from a single C&C command and control center into sophisticated distributed systems comprising millions of computers with decentralized control. Why are these enormous...