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Microsoft Names Ex-Antivirus Employee as Botnet 'Suspect'
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published January 24, 2012
The company believes that Andrey Sabelnikov, a former employee of a Russian security vendor, helped write the code for the Kelihos botnet.
Tags: security, Microsoft, botnet
Security Panel to IT: 'Expect a Breach'
By David Needle | Article Published April 05, 2010
Executives from a handful of security firms outline the biggest threats facing the enterprise, urge new policies to protect networks as workers bring consumer technologies behind the firewall.
Tags: security, IT security, malware, botnet, Breach Security
Spanish Botnet Could Paralyze Country
By - Reuters | Article Published March 04, 2010
Authorities say Spanish hackers were not aware that the illegal network they created could have taken down an entire country's computer networks.
Tags: cyber security, PC security, botnet, cyberattack, cyber attack
Microsoft to Take Down Global "Botnet"
By - Reuters | Article Published February 26, 2010
Microsoft won the right in a U.S. court to deactivate an international computer network that the software claims harmful computer codes.
Tags: security, Microsoft, PC security, botnet
Report: Businesses Vulnerable to Botnets
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 05, 2009
A coalition of industry sources says that up to 25 percent of networks may be infected with botnets.
Tags: Windows, security, broadband, botnet, virus