The last year has seen an evolution of botnets from home computers to commercial servers; a practice that seems to be gathering pace. However, methods of compromising web servers are different to the traditional PC compromise.
Latvia to Extradite Suspected Gozi Mastermind to Face Charges in the US
Since the beginning of 2013, the US authorities have sought the extradition of Deniss Calovskis, a Latvian citizen, who was charged in January with being one of the three ringleaders behind the Gozi virus.
CIA’s John Mullen Declares People Biggest Threat and Risk Management Best Defense
People present the greatest cyber vulnerability and educating them is key to protecting your valuable information, John K. Mullen, senior operations officer at the CIA told the audience at 2013 SINET Innovation Summit in New York, August 6th 2013.
US Counterintelligence Executive Says NSA Doesn’t Have Adequate Resource to Monitor All Communications
Presenting the keynote at the 2013 SINET Innovation Summit in New York, August 6th 2013, Frank Montoya Jr., National Counterintelligence Executive, assured the audience that “we don’t have the resources” to monitor and evaluate information on all commu…
US Counterintelligence Executive Says NSA Doesn’t Have Adequate Resource to Monitor All Communications
Presenting the keynote at the 2013 SINET Innovation Summit in New York, August 6th 2013, Frank Montoya Jr., National Counterintelligence Executive, assured the audience that “we don’t have the resources” to monitor and evaluate information on all commu…
Did the FBI Use CIPAV Against Tor?
Following the arrest of Eric Eoin Marques last week, websites in the darknet hidden services began to go down. A piece of javascript malware was found and posted to the internet. Researchers are now wondering if this is the first live sample of the FBI…
Feds Seek Extradition of Child-Porn Dealer – Darknet Compromised
On Friday the Irish High Court denied bail to Mr Eric Eoin Marques, arrested the day before on an extradition warrant issued in Maryland charging him with distributing and promoting child pornography on the internet.
Colin Powell’s Emails Tapped by Hacker
The hacker known as Guccifer, who makes a habit of hacking the rich and powerful – the ‘Illuminati’ in his own terms – has struck again, this time forcing former US Secretary of State Colin Powell to deny an affair.
Rodecap – a New Spam Bot in Town
Just over a week ago Symantec published a note on a new spam bot that it was and is currently investigating. A Swiss researcher, however, was already on it, having trapped the first instance in his sandnet two days earlier.
Comfoo – the APT RAT that Ratted on RSA
The Comfoo trojan has been in continuous development since at least 2006. It has more than 200 variants and has been used in at least 64 different campaigns, including the RSA SecurID breach in 2010 – but little has been known about it.