Web threats

The Dutch police have arrested three men who are suspected to have set up a botnet of more than 100 000 computers worldwide.

Around the end of August we started to see the next logical step in the evolution of IM malware.

Social dynamics and shifting tactics from virus writers

MS hands out the $250.000 reward that lead to Jaschan’s arrest

Suspended sentence and community service for Sven Jaschan

The supposed author of the Sasser and Netsky worms goes on trial

Viruses and worms have evolved rapidly over the past few years and now pose a global threat. However, law enforcement agencies are also pooling their resources to gain a global reach.

We saw an interesting attack a few days ago (12 June) when an ongoing attempt to infect AIM users took place.

It’s two years to the day since the email worm Sobig.c caused a major epidemic.

Today we’ve been getting more and more reports of a particular Backdoor.Win32.SdBot variant spreading. This SdBot is packed using UPX, Upolyx and Morphine, we detect it using our generic signature as Backdoor.Win32.SdBot.gen.

In the last week or so, new trends in using IM (instant messaging) applications to spread malicious code have been on the rise.

Sober.q is sending out spam

Protection mechanisms have gained in popularity

Social engineering: an ongoing love story

Bagle threats evolve from email worm to a complex network of zombies; author milks for profit.