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Botnet targets major Web sites with junk SSL connection
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 03:23:30 -0600 (CST)
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9150380/Botnet_targets_major_Web_sites_with_junk_SSL_connection?taxonomyId=17 By Jeremy Kirk IDG News Service February 1, 2010 More than 300 Web sites are being pestered by infected computers that are part of the Pushdo botnet, according to security researchers. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Twitter and PayPal are among the sites being hit, although it doesn't appear the attacks are designed to knock the sites offline, said Steven Adair, of The Shadowserver Foundation, a group that tracks botnets. Shadowserver was tipped off to the Pushdo issue by Joe Stewart, director of malware analysis at vendor SecureWorks. Pushdo, which is also known as Pandex or Cutwail, has been around for about three years, according to a report from Trend Micro. Computers infected with Pushdo are used to send out spam, but the malware is capable of downloading other harmful code to a computer. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org
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