The Internet of Things: Vulns, botnets and detection
Does the Internet of Things scare you? It probably should. This DerbyCon video discusses why embedded device security is laughably bad, handling vendor notification, and …
Lessons learned from sinkholing the ZeroAccess botnet
ZeroAccess (or Sirefef) is a piece of malware that is very adept at hiding its existence from users, and brings in huge sums of money to its masters by performing click-fraud …
Video: DIY Command & Control for fun and no profit
Many security professionals have heard about Command & Control botnets, even more have been infected by them. Very few have had the opportunity to actually look inside …
Vulnerable and aggressive adware threatening millions
FireEye discovered a new mobile threat from a popular ad library that no other antivirus or security vendor has reported publicly before. Mobile ad libraries are third-party …
Technology eliminates bot-infected traffic from advertising campaigns
White Ops introduced a systematic solution for eliminating bot-infected traffic from advertising campaigns. “We have spent over a year tracking the bad guys attacking …
Researchers sinkhole half a million ZeroAccess bots
In a race against time and ZeroAccess developers and botmasters, Symantec researchers managed to sinkhole a large chunk of the infamous P2P-based botnet before its herders …
Tor-using Mevade botnet is stealthy new version of old threat
The Mevade Trojan and botnet have gained unexpected notoriety when it turned out that the majority of the recent, sudden and massive uptick in Tor users was the result of it …
Researchers discover ties between TDSS and ZeroAccess rootkit families
A lot has been said and written about the long-lasting TDSS (or TDL) and the considerably newer ZeroAccess (or Sirefef) rootkits, and the similarities between the two have …
Massive spike of Tor users caused by Mevade botnet
When Project Tor director Roger Dingledine recently drew the public’s attention to the unusual and considerable rise in the number of Tor users, he invited people to …
Obad Android Trojan distributed via mobile botnets
When first unearthed three months ago, the Obad Android Trojan has fascinated researchers with its sophistication. Difficult to analyze, using a bug in the Android OS to …
Sykipot-wielding attackers now targeting US civil aviation firms
The Sykipot backdoor Trojan is not a new threat. First detected over six years ago, its existence and use has been tied almost exclusively with the cyber espionage activities …
Kelihos botnet: What victims can expect
Kelihos is a botnet which utilizes P2P communication to maintain its CnC Network. With all of the attention around Kelihos, it should be no surprise that 30/45 AV vendors are …