400,000-strong 'Kraken' botnet has infiltrated 50 Fortune 500 companies -- and now usurps Storm as world's biggest botnet
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400,000-strong 'Kraken' botnet has infiltrated 50 Fortune 500 companies -- and now usurps Storm as world's biggest botnet
"In an article at eWeek Larry Seltzer examines the supposed hacking war between the US and China. He surmises 'Even if you can't prove that the government was involved ... it still bears some responsibility'. ... 'I can confirm targeted attacks with sophisticated technologies have been launched against obvious enemies of China ... Who is behind these attacks can't be easily said, but it can be an American cyber-criminal, a Nigerian spammer or the Chinese themselves.'"
Election integrity activists parsing the precinct-level results from New Hampshire's Democratic Primary say their early analyses have found anomalies suggesting vote totals may have been altered to deliver a Hillary Clinton victory.
A new peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet even more powerful and stealthy than the infamous Storm has begun infiltrating mostly U.S.-based large enterprises, educational institutions, and customers of major ISPs.
Cox says Damballa is not sure why AV engines aren't detecting MayDay's malware. "Is it because of the advanced techniques it's using in how the malware is constructed? Or have AV companies not been able to identify these pieces of malware?"
A submarine cable in the Middle East has been snapped, adding to global net problems caused by breaks in two lines under the Mediterranean on Wednesday.
He began yelling and "invoking God" as the Air Canada 767 flew at 37,000 feet over the Atlantic. He was held down by other crew members and a passenger, a member of the Canadian armed forces.
Before last June's tragedy, Mr Izaga appeared to be living a charmed life. He had moved to London in 2002 and was a top executive at the insurance giant Swiss Re. He lived with his wife and their daughter Yanire in a £1million Thames-side apartment with views of the Houses of Parliament.
...Mr Izaga and his wife went to a cinema to find the only seats available were for the horror film Bug, directed by William Friedkin. Not yet released in Britain, it concerns a swarm of cockroaches which crawl under people's skin, as well as Biblical themes...
...Mr Izaga was walking to a riverside restaurant with his wife when he started talking to himself and gesticulating wildly.
At around 4.30am the following day, he suddenly sat up in bed and started babbling incoherently.
Mr Rees told the court: "He began talking to his wife about the explorer in Geneva and the philosophies of the Jesuits.
"Referring to his fellow executives at Swiss Re, he appeared to indicate that they were part of a sect and trying to take over the financial world."