Botnets on discount!
We’ve encountered a bot sale, which, in case it finds followers, can cause a massive glut of malware all over. The so-called “Aldi Bot” first appeared in late August and has been sold for the initial price of €10! Parts of the bot’s code oddly look like ZeuS code…
Ghosts remain: Osama Bin Laden may be haunting your PC
We have reported numerous times about the dangers that lure around as soon as any kind of special holiday is around or a hot topic floods the news. And, as expected: Recently, there has been various malware connected to Osama Bin Laden. Let's have a look at two examples:
New banking trojan about to show up!
In the next couple of days there will most probably appear a new player on the Trojan horse market. Its name is “Ares“.
A critical look at the major takedown of BredoLab by the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit: More International Cybercrime laws needed!
Yesterday, 25 October 2010, The Dutch High Tech Crime Unit of the KLPD announced a major takedown of a large botnet, known as Bredolab.
Fake AV software steals your passwords!
The Fake AV software we discovered in combination with the reported spam wave is a very tricky one: It actually steals the user's passwords!
Karsten Hahn
Virus Analyst
Tim Berghoff
Security Evangelist
