Comments on: What is malware? http://www.ratliff.net/blog/2009/04/20/what-is-malware/ A blog about open source and security and open source security Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:12:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Emily Ratliff http://www.ratliff.net/blog/2009/04/20/what-is-malware/comment-page-1/#comment-3640 Emily Ratliff Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:39:22 +0000 http://www.ratliff.net/blog/?p=112#comment-3640 Hi Bryan, While not botnet related, a couple of other recent stories on hacking also caught my attention. Sadly the stories are lacking in technical detail. <a HREF="http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/04/chinese-hackers-nick-joint-strike-fighter-plans.ars" rel="nofollow">Joint Strike Fighter plans stolen.</A> and <a HREF="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Electric-Power-Grid-Hack-LightsUp-Cyber-Security-Infrastructure-Experts-389549/" rel="nofollow">Electric Power Grid hacked</A> Emily Hi Bryan,

While not botnet related, a couple of other recent stories on hacking also caught my attention. Sadly the stories are lacking in technical detail.

Joint Strike Fighter plans stolen.
and
Electric Power Grid hacked

Emily

]]> By: bjacobson http://www.ratliff.net/blog/2009/04/20/what-is-malware/comment-page-1/#comment-3639 bjacobson Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:21:58 +0000 http://www.ratliff.net/blog/?p=112#comment-3639 Emilly, nice article. Botnets are a growing problem. News story today: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/163642/gang_of_six_controls_botnet_of_19_million_computers.html Criminals have built a massive "botnet" network of hacked computers that has infected an estimated 1.9 million computers worldwide, including systems within U.S. and U.K. government networks, security vendor Finjan reported Tuesday. A group of six criminals has run the operation since February, controlling the botnet from a server located in the Ukraine, Finjan said. Using a network of Web sites, they have installed their malware by tricking victims into viewing malicious Web code that then installs the malware. Nearly half of the computers hacked by the gang are located in the U.S., but they have also hit a sizeable number of machines in the U.K., Canada, Germany and France, Finjan said. . . . Emilly, nice article. Botnets are a growing problem.

News story today:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/163642/gang_of_six_controls_botnet_of_19_million_computers.html

Criminals have built a massive “botnet” network of hacked computers that has infected an estimated 1.9 million computers worldwide, including systems within U.S. and U.K. government networks, security vendor Finjan reported Tuesday.

A group of six criminals has run the operation since February, controlling the botnet from a server located in the Ukraine, Finjan said. Using a network of Web sites, they have installed their malware by tricking victims into viewing malicious Web code that then installs the malware.

Nearly half of the computers hacked by the gang are located in the U.S., but they have also hit a sizeable number of machines in the U.K., Canada, Germany and France, Finjan said.
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