Security firm Finjan has uncovered what it says is one of the largest bot networks controlled by a single cybergang, with 1.9 million infected zombie computers.The botnet has been in use since February, is hosted in the Ukraine, and is controlled by a gang of six people who are instructing the Windows XP-based machines to copy files, record keystrokes, send spam, and take screenshots, Ophir Shalitin, Finjan marketing director, said in an interview on the eve of the RSA security conference.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10223716-83.htmlHackers hijack 1.9 million computers worldwide
A gang of hackers which has hijacked 1.9 million computers around the world is being hunted by the Metropolitan Police and the FBI.The Ukrainan network has taken control of hundreds of large corporations and 77 government departments.It is at least four times larger than previous hi-jackings of usually around 200,000 to 500,000 computers.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/5198275/Hackers-hijack-1.9-million-computers-worldwide.htmlBotnet ‘ensnares government PCs’
Almost two million PCs globally, including machines inside UK and US government departments, have been taken over by malicious hackers.Security experts Finjan traced the giant network of remotely-controlled PCs, called a botnet, back to a gang of cyber criminals in Ukraine.Several PCs inside six UK government bodies were compromised by the botnet.
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