Police arrest Mariposa botnet masters, 12M+ hosts compromised

Spanish Ministry of Interior arrests 3 botnet masters operating a 12M+ infected hosts botnet that managed to steal sensitive data from 800,000 users across 190 countries, some of which include Fortune 1000 companies and 40 major banks.

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Mariposa Botnet Perpetrators Captured

Following the shutdown of the Mariposa botnet recently, three alleged members of the group behind the said botnet were finally arrested last week by the Spanish Police, although they are still pursuing another suspect that may still be at large somewhere in South America. The Mariposa botnet was one of the largest botnets to [...]

DHS Urges ‘Sense of Urgency’ for Cyber Security

Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano took advantage of the 2010 RSA Security Conference to express concern about the United States response to cyber-attacks. She used her keynote address to urge the security industry to improve security efforts and operate with a greater “sense of urgency.”

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What’s the Juice on ZeuS?

TrendLabs researchers recently published their findings on ZeuS, a botnet that is again making the headlines in today’s threat landscape. ZeuS: A Persistent Criminal Enterprise

ZeuS has been entrenched in the cybercriminal business for a long time now and has continuously evolved and improved. Given the vast number of toolkit versions readily available in the [...]