Blog Posts Tagged with "Coreflood"
Feds to Remove Coreflood Botnet from PCs Remotely
April 28, 2011 Added by:Headlines
In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice has sought a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court that will allow the agency to issue instructions to systems infected by the Coreflood botnet that will cause the malware to delete itself...
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US Department of Justice and FBI Foil Botnet Operation
April 14, 2011 Added by:Jared Carstensen
The so called "massive fraud scheme" utilized software called Coreflood - which collected and stored system and application passwords, along with other financial information. The use of Coreflood was enabled by a Windows OS vulnerability which then allowed the botnet to spread rapidly...
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