Network of 1.9 Million Malware-Infected Computers Controlled by Cybercriminals

[Guest ~BD~]

Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products and the provider of

unified web security solutions for the enterprise market, today

announced that Finjan’s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) has

discovered a network of 1.9 million malware-infected computers.

Corporate, government and consumer computers around the world were

infected by the malware.

 

This discovery is part of a research conducted by MCRC when

investigating command and control servers operated by cybercriminals.

The cybercrime server has been in use since February 2009, is hosted in

the Ukraine and is controlled by a cybergang of 6 people. These

cybercriminals established a vast affiliation network across the Web to

successfully distribute and operate their malware install-base. They

compromised computers in 77 government-owned domains (.gov) from the US,

UK and various other countries.

 

The malware is remotely controlled by the cybercriminals, enabling them

to instruct the malware to execute almost any command on the end-user

computer as they see fit, such as: reading emails, copying files,

recording keystrokes, sending spam, making screenshots, etc.

 

Since the discovery of its findings, Finjan has provided US and UK law

enforcement with information about the server. Finjan has also contacted

affected corporate and government agencies to let them know that they

were part of the infected computer names.

 

“As predicted by Finjan at the end of last year, cybercriminals keep on

looking for improved methods to distribute their malware and Trojans are

winning the race. The sophistication of the malware and the staggering

amount of infected computers proves that cybergangs are raising the

bar,†said Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CTO of Finjan. â€As big money drives today’s

cybercrime activities, organizations and corporations need to protect

their valuable data to prevent theft by these kind of sophisticated

cyberattacks.â€

 

The research also revealed that the malware is installed on computers

when visiting compromised websites serving malicious code. Information

found by MCRC on the command and control server includes the IP

addresses of the infected computers as well as the computers’ name

inside corporate and government networks that are running the malware.

 

 

Full detail here:

http://www.finjan.com/Pressrelease.aspx?id...sLan=2139&lan=3

[Guest Richard Urban]

What else is new?

 

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Richard Urban

Microsoft MVP

Windows Desktop Experience

 

 

 

"~BD~" <BoaterDave@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message

news:gt1dv5$mhc$1@news.motzarella.org...<span style="color:blue">

> Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products and the provider of

> unified web security solutions for the enterprise market, today announced

> that Finjan’s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) has discovered a

> network of 1.9 million malware-infected computers. Corporate, government

> and consumer computers around the world were infected by the malware.

>

> This discovery is part of a research conducted by MCRC when investigating

> command and control servers operated by cybercriminals. The cybercrime

> server has been in use since February 2009, is hosted in the Ukraine and

> is controlled by a cybergang of 6 people. These cybercriminals established

> a vast affiliation network across the Web to successfully distribute and

> operate their malware install-base. They compromised computers in 77

> government-owned domains (.gov) from the US, UK and various other

> countries.

>

> The malware is remotely controlled by the cybercriminals, enabling them to

> instruct the malware to execute almost any command on the end-user

> computer as they see fit, such as: reading emails, copying files,

> recording keystrokes, sending spam, making screenshots, etc.

>

> Since the discovery of its findings, Finjan has provided US and UK law

> enforcement with information about the server. Finjan has also contacted

> affected corporate and government agencies to let them know that they were

> part of the infected computer names.

>

> “As predicted by Finjan at the end of last year, cybercriminals keep on

> looking for improved methods to distribute their malware and Trojans are

> winning the race. The sophistication of the malware and the staggering

> amount of infected computers proves that cybergangs are raising the bar,â€

> said Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CTO of Finjan. â€As big money drives today’s

> cybercrime activities, organizations and corporations need to protect

> their valuable data to prevent theft by these kind of sophisticated

> cyberattacks.â€

>

> The research also revealed that the malware is installed on computers when

> visiting compromised websites serving malicious code. Information found by

> MCRC on the command and control server includes the IP addresses of the

> infected computers as well as the computers’ name inside corporate and

> government networks that are running the malware.

>

>

> Full detail here:

> http://www.finjan.com/Pressrelease.aspx?id...sLan=2139&lan=3 </span>

[Guest David H. Lipman]

From: "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com>

 

| What else is new?

 

Exactly.

 

Ergo...

 

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--

Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Guest ~BD~]

Re: Network of 1.9 Million Malware-Infected Computers Controlledby Cybercriminals

 

Richard Urban wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> What else is new?

> </span>

 

Robear Dyer and Bill Castner have 'disappeared' from Aumha.net

[Guest Robert Moir]

~BD~ wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products and the provider

> of unified web security solutions for the enterprise market, today

> announced that Finjan’s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) has

> discovered a network of 1.9 million malware-infected computers.

> Corporate, government and consumer computers around the world were

> infected by the malware.</span>

 

In other news, time was found to progress in a forwards direction and water

is discovered to be wet.

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[Please don't feed the trolls, especially that troll.]

 

Richard Urban wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> What else is new?

>

>

> "~BD~" <BoaterDave@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message

> news:gt1dv5$mhc$1@news.motzarella.org...<span style="color:green">

>> Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products and the provider of

>> unified web security solutions for the enterprise market, today announced

>> that Finjan’s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) has discovered a

>> network of 1.9 million malware-infected computers. Corporate, government

>> and consumer computers around the world were infected by the malware.

>>

>> This discovery is part of a research conducted by MCRC when investigating

>> command and control servers operated by cybercriminals. The cybercrime

>> server has been in use since February 2009, is hosted in the Ukraine and

>> is controlled by a cybergang of 6 people. These cybercriminals

>> established

>> a vast affiliation network across the Web to successfully distribute and

>> operate their malware install-base. They compromised computers in 77

>> government-owned domains (.gov) from the US, UK and various other

>> countries.

>>

>> The malware is remotely controlled by the cybercriminals, enabling them

>> to

>> instruct the malware to execute almost any command on the end-user

>> computer as they see fit, such as: reading emails, copying files,

>> recording keystrokes, sending spam, making screenshots, etc.

>>

>> Since the discovery of its findings, Finjan has provided US and UK law

>> enforcement with information about the server. Finjan has also contacted

>> affected corporate and government agencies to let them know that they

>> were

>> part of the infected computer names.

>>

>> “As predicted by Finjan at the end of last year, cybercriminals keep on

>> looking for improved methods to distribute their malware and Trojans are

>> winning the race. The sophistication of the malware and the staggering

>> amount of infected computers proves that cybergangs are raising the bar,â€

>> said Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CTO of Finjan. â€As big money drives today’s

>> cybercrime activities, organizations and corporations need to protect

>> their valuable data to prevent theft by these kind of sophisticated

>> cyberattacks.â€

>>

>> The research also revealed that the malware is installed on computers

>> when

>> visiting compromised websites serving malicious code. Information found

>> by

>> MCRC on the command and control server includes the IP addresses of the

>> infected computers as well as the computers’ name inside corporate and

>> government networks that are running the malware.

>>

>>

>> Full detail here:

>> http://www.finjan.com/Pressrelease.aspx?id...sLan=2139&lan=3 </span></span>

[Guest ~BD~]

Re: Network of 1.9 Million Malware-Infected Computers Controlledby Cybercriminals

 

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> [Please don't feed the trolls, especially that troll.]

> </span>

 

Hello Mr Dyer style_emoticons/

 

Please explain why BoaterDave is 'special' (for the education of new

visitors to the group) and maybe explain why you are no longer posting

at www.aumha.net (last post 27 March I believe)

 

Has James A. Eshelman banned you too? style_emoticons/

 

His CV is here: http://www.aumha.org/resume.php

 

I've always been intrigued by the philosophy in which he believes:

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law"

 

Some more about him here: http://www.lashtal.com/nuke/Article1036.phtml

 

Why do I get that hinky feeling about him?

 

I just cannot put my finger on it!

 

--

Dave

[Guest FromTheRafters]

"~BD~" <BoaterDave@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message

news:gt1dv5$mhc$1@news.motzarella.org...

Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products and the provider of

unified web security solutions for the enterprise market, today

announced that Finjan’s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) has

discovered a network of 1.9 million malware-infected computers.

Corporate, government and consumer computers around the world were

infected by the malware.

 

I wonder if they are all previously 0wn3d by the BBC... and then sold.

style_emoticons/D

[Guest Joan Archer]

Why should he I don't see that it's any of your business if he wants to take

a rest from posting, there are other things in life apart from the Internet,

plus I expect it's nice having a rest from viewing your ramblings.

Sorry I've broken my rule not to feed the troll style_emoticons/

 

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http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

 

"~BD~" <BoaterDave@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message

news:gt29n6$tqd$1@news.eternal-september.org...<span style="color:blue">

> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:<span style="color:green">

>> [Please don't feed the trolls, especially that troll.]

>></span>

>

> Hello Mr Dyer style_emoticons/

>

> Please explain why BoaterDave is 'special' (for the education of new

> visitors to the group) and maybe explain why you are no longer posting

> at www.aumha.net (last post 27 March I believe)

>

> Has James A. Eshelman banned you too? style_emoticons/

>

> His CV is here: http://www.aumha.org/resume.php

>

> I've always been intrigued by the philosophy in which he believes:

> "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law"

>

> Some more about him here: http://www.lashtal.com/nuke/Article1036.phtml

>

> Why do I get that hinky feeling about him?

>

> I just cannot put my finger on it!

>

> --

> Dave </span>

[Guest ~BD~]

Re: Network of 1.9 Million Malware-Infected Computers Controlledby Cybercriminals

 

Joan Archer wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> Why should he I don't see that it's any of your business if he wants to

> take a rest from posting, there are other things in life apart from the

> Internet, plus I expect it's nice having a rest from viewing your

> ramblings.

> Sorry I've broken my rule not to feed the troll style_emoticons/

> </span>

 

Hello Joan - good of you to pop in! style_emoticons/

 

"Take a rest from posting"?

 

He's still posting here or had you not noticed? Maybe it's not one

and the same 'real' person - any view on that, Joan?

 

Perhaps you would clarify what you mean by my 'ramblings' - what,

exactly, have I done wrong?

 

Can you cite an example?

 

I still don't know why I was banned from posting at Aumha. Do you know

the reason?

 

--

Dave

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

BD knows full well where he can stick that finger.

 

Joan Archer wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> Why should he I don't see that it's any of your business if he wants to

> take

> a rest from posting, there are other things in life apart from the

> Internet,

> plus I expect it's nice having a rest from viewing your ramblings.

> Sorry I've broken my rule not to feed the troll style_emoticons/

> <snip><span style="color:green">

>> I just cannot put my finger on it! </span></span>