Get Started for FREE
Sign up with Facebook Sign up with X
I don't have a Facebook or a X account
 Your new post is loading...
Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
Researcher Tillmann Werner of Crowdstrike did a live botnet takedown of the the Kelihos botnet today at RSA Conference 2013. Kelihos C is a peer to peer botnet responsible for pharmaceutical spam, Bitcoin wallet theft and credential harvesting. 
No comment yet.
Sign up to comment
Scoop.it!
Accused Kelihos Botnet Maker Worked for Two Security Firms...
Spent three years at Russian antivirus firm, another three at company with security-related products...
|
Scoop.it!
GFI Security’s report for February highlights two main issues: the incidence of rogue anti-virus is continuing to increase; and the Kelihos botnet ‘taken down’ last year is resurgent.
Scoop.it!
News and Perspective covering the top stories, events and activities from Microsoft. The content for this blog includes the official information and stories from all of Microsoft's primary businesses.
|
Werner said Microsoft would be adding detection signatures to its Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) and that would be pushed out to users during the March Patch Tuesday security update cycle.
“Hopefully that will reduce infections significantly,” he said.