Iranian Cyber Army running botnets, researchers say

A group of malicious hackers who attacked Twitter and the Chinese search engine Baidu are also apparently running a for-rent botnet, according to new research.

[IDG] A group of malicious hackers who attacked Twitter and the Chinese search engine Baidu are also apparently running a for-rent botnet, according to new research.The so-called Iranian Cyber Army also took credit last month for an attack on TechCrunch’s European website. In that incident, the group installed a page on TechCrunch’s site that redirected visitors to a server that bombarded their PCs with exploits in an attempt to install malicious software.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9192800/Iranian_Cyber_Army_running_botnets_researchers_say

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