The creator of the infamous Eleonore exploit pack has released a new version of the attack toolkit, adding some new exploits, including one for a zero day vulnerability. The new version of Eleonore is selling for $2,000, a premium price even in the world of high-level exploit kits.
Malware is big business. Malware writers and attackers are just the most visible parts of the ecosystem; there are many invisible moving parts behind the scenes that are rarely seen or described. Now, a complete picture of the business model and inner workings of the malware industrial complex is emerging.
Google Ventures, the venture capital arm of Google Inc., has invested in anti malware firm Dasient, according to a statement from the company on Monday.
Researchers have discovered that the gang behind the once-and-future botnet Waledac has gathered nearly 500,000 stolen passwords for email accounts, along with close to 125,000 sets of pilfered credentials for FTP accounts.
We’ve noted for a while that the
practices of rogue antivirus software have started to mimic those of
legitimate antivirus software vendors. But a new version of FakeXPA scareware take things a bit further: posing as a legitimate commercial AV package, AVG Antivirus 2011.
Researchers are tracking a new bot that originated in China and is being used by various associated botnets that are hammering away with DDoS attacks aimed at several dozen targets around the world, including a number of telecom companies and specialized manufacturers.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a call for proposals this week in a $40m program to encourage research and development in a wide range of topics related to cyber security: from designing more resilient software, to alternatives to passwords and CAPTCHA technology to prevent automated attacks.
The last year has seen a string of takedowns of botnet command-and-control servers, malware drop zones, spam operations and other pieces of the crimeware infrastructure, each of which made a dent in one way or another. But the question of whether the takedowns have had any lasting effect on the overall level of crime and fraud online is a more complicated one.
Facebook announced yesterday that they will begin offering
secure HTTPS connections and a new verification method called social
verification to users of the most popular social network in the world.
Spammers aren’t the only ones who have figured out that social networks like Twitter and Facebook are good for business. Sophisticated hackers conducting targeted attacks are also using the networks as a tool to manage malware installations on victims’ networks, according to a new report from Mandiant.
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