Kneber Botnet Strikes, Targets Gov't Agencies

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday January 6, 2011 @05:13AM from the coming-to-get-you dept.

Batblue writes "A botnet fingered for stealing a treasure trove of information last year has struck again, harvesting sensitive documents from dozens of government agencies and contractors, according to a pair of security experts. The botnet, dubbed 'Kneber' by Alex Cox, principal research analyst at NetWitness, was behind a campaign of fake Christmas e-mails waged two weeks ago against government workers. NetWitness deals in advanced threat detection technologies, and conducts post mortem network forensics for firms that have been hit with attacks or data breaches."

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Re:Too early to dupe by Monkeedude1212 · 2011-01-06 05:27 · Score: 3, Funny

You're supposed to wait at least a week or two before duping something, Taco.
You know the site is going downhill when the editors can't even follow the proper rules for duping articles.
This Just In! by Lifyre · 2011-01-06 05:34 · Score: 4, Funny

This just in! The weakest link in the information security chain is the user! More at Eleven!

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