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  • Koobface - Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are

    07/23/2009 1:07:44 PM PDT · by Cindy · 19 replies · 490+ views
    DANCHO DANCHEV - blog ^ | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 | Posted by Dancho Danchev
    SNIPPET: "UPDATE: The Koobface gang is upgrading the command and control infrastructure in response to the positive ROI out of the takedown activities." SNIPPET: "Related posts: Dissecting Koobface Worm's Twitter Campaign Dissecting the Koobface Worm's December Campaign Dissecting the Latest Koobface Facebook Campaign The Koobface Gang Mixing Social Engineering Vectors"
  • MAJOR INTERNET ATTACK CURRENTLY UNDERWAY

    09/02/2003 9:55:17 AM PDT · by OutSpot · 52 replies · 776+ views
    Outspot | 9/2/2003 | Outspot
    Yesterday and today the internet connections at our company have been non-existant. (Our business is dependant on them) The following mail below has been sent to our customers: ******************** This problem is affecting a very large number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) worldwide and it appears to be based upon an overloaded worldwide network as a result of the recent variations of several computer viruses. Computer networking engineers from many ISPs in many countries are focusing on the short-term situation as well as long-term solutions. ****************
  • Internet Worm Disguised as E-Mail from Microsoft

    05/19/2003 11:44:33 AM PDT · by Hal1950 · 32 replies · 149+ views
    Reuters ^ | 19 May 2003
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A new computer worm that disguises itself as an e-mail from Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O is spreading, computer security firms warned on Monday. The e-mail containing the worm, dubbed Palyh or Mankx, appears to come from support@microsoft.com, but is not from the software company. When the attachment is opened, the worm copies itself to the Windows folder, scoops up e-mail addresses from the hard disk and starts sending itself out, said U.K-based Sophos. The malicious program can spread itself to other Windows machines on a local area network, anti-virus vendors said. It also can secretly install spyware...