According to a revelation M86 Security, Cutwail botnet seems to swing the air after the disappearance of the Rustock botnet. Various versions of Cutwail botnet invariably contribute 22% of the global spam on a daily-basis. However, it has also come under notice that the Cutwail botnet operation is carried under the codename "Google".
Email Account belonging to Councilwomen of Mansfield Hacked
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012 08:00
Ellen haring, councilwomen of Mansfield city (Mansfield Ohio US), had her email address list hacked by scammers intended to trap friends and acquaintances into "rescuing" her by writing money to them via western union, stated by mansfieldnewsjournal.com on 31 December 2011.
Hackers Targeting Non-government Organizations Using Backdoor Assaults
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012 08:00
Researchers at Computer Security Company Trend Micro are reporting non-government organizations (NGOs) that are getting attacked with backdoor-assaults resulting from a website hijack that unleashed one destructive Java applet identified to be JAVA_DLOAD.ZZC and abusing a security flaw within Java.
Japan Developing Virus Program for Defense against Cyber Attacks
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:00
The Ministry of Defense for Japan has assigned software experts to work on a PC-virus, which will trace, identify, as well as deactivate sources of Internet assaults, published DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE on January 3, 2011.
American Airlines (AA) has cautioned its customers for remaining vigilant about scam e-mails, which while circulating online, are aiming at attacking them, reports 14news.com dated December 29, 2011.
