Latest Botnet Stories
Hackers who have downloaded a tool to help Anonymous launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks may also have unwittingly downloaded a piece of malware that has compromised their online banking accounts, a U.S. security firm has revealed. According to John Leyden of The Register, Symantec, the developers of Norton Antivirus software, discovered that those who have recently downloaded the Anonymous 'Slowloris' tool used "to flood websites with open connections and ultimately knock...
Columbia West Properties Deploys OpenDNS Enterprise to protect four luxury hotels and its corporate network from inappropriate content, conserve precious bandwidth and centralize management. SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) February 15, 2012 OpenDNS, the world's largest and fastest-growing provider of Internet security and DNS services that deliver a safer, faster and more intelligent Internet experience to everyone, today announced Columbia West Properties is using OpenDNS Enterprise, the...
A gang of Russian cyber criminals behind the Koobface computer virus that has plagued Facebook and other sites since 2008 has been identified, according to online security experts. The Koobface virus depended on the ignorance of online users. The virus would send the user a message like, “You look just awesome in this new movie.” If a user clicked on the link it would falsely tell them their Flash player needed to be upgraded which would then expose the computer to the Koobface...
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, today announced the beta release of Panda Cloud Office Protection (PCOP) 6.0, its cloud-based security service for PCs, servers and corporate laptops managed remotely through a web-based console. The beta software can be downloaded for free at http://www.pandasecurity.com/promotions/betatest/pcop. In conjunction with the beta release, Panda also announced that the first 200 new customers...
Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation services, today announced that it has created a data forensics and analysis group that will provide detailed pre-†and post-â€attack data to clients as a subscription service. The new group and service is called Prolexic Security Engineering and Response Team (PLXSERT). Hollywood, Florida USA (PRWEB) November 17, 2011 Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed...
Leading Security + DNS provider OpenDNS announces its service is being used on a staggering 50 percent of all U.S. college and university campus networks to secure and protect students, faculty and assets, and boost network speed and reliability. (PRWEB) October 19, 2011 OpenDNS, the world's largest and fastest-growing provider of Internet security and DNS services that deliver a safer, faster and more intelligent Internet experience to everyone, today announced that its service is now...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zscaler, The Cloud Security Company, today announced the release of a free web service that the public can access at http://ipabuse.zscaler.com, which will allow them to query a dynamic ThreatLabZ database to identify whether any of their endpoint clients and IP addresses are being used for malicious purposes. Users who leverage the new IPAbuseCheck service will now be able to identify and clean-up compromised endpoint clients that are...
Juniper Networks Western Region partner of the year to provide national distribution. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) October 11, 2011 ThreatSTOP announced today that it has signed AdvanTel Networks as a reseller. A premier networking, security and communications solutions provider and integrator for SMBs and Fortune 500 enterprises since 1984, AdvanTel is widely recognized as an innovative and progressive company. Among its many honors, it is a Juniper Networks Elite Partner and was...
CLEVELAND, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The evolution and widespread use of computers throughout society has been shadowed by new age pirates who disrupt, steal and hoard information for amusement, peer recognition and profit. These digital predators, aka hackers, have altered their strategies and tactics as intrusion defenses have changed and as organized crime syndicates have escalated their involvement in the lucrative business of information theft. Unauthorized access to computer...
ThreatSTOP is Layer B of the service that drops "dirty traffic" from malware and botnet sites at the IP level, a very efficient approach to increase clean traffic for the network. ThreatSTOP uses only 2-8% of the comparable bandwidth to filter inbound traffic compared with other spam filters and proxies based on deep packet inspection. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) August 16, 2011 ThreatSTOP, the leading provider of real-time IP reputation service that prevents data loss from botnet attacks and...
