TDSS is a trojan virus that infects computers and installs the TDL-4 program, which makes said computer part of a botnet 4.5 million machines strong. TDL-4 is extremely difficult to detect and eliminate. One expert at Kapersky Labs says TDL-4 is “practically indestructible”. More »
The FBI received a court order which today allowed them to kill the hell out of a massive botnet by taking out a piece of malware called Coreflood. More »
Microsoft’s legal team has worked hard to kill “malvertising” and botnets and they’ve had some great success recently: More »
Let me tell you about a myth, a story, a fable that’s been concocted and perpetuated by certain media groups. It’s a story about how – with proper protection – your computer is immune to cyber attacks, viruses and other malware. More »
Researchers at the International Computer Science Institute and UC-San Diego have achieved 100 per cent success rates in filtering spam from a specific botnet. The strategy? Capture the enemy, and make him talk. More »
