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Kneber Botnet Strikes, Targets Gov't Agencies

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Too early to dupe by Desler · · Score: 4, Informative

    Isn't a bit early to already dupe this story? You're supposed to wait at least a week or two before duping something, Taco.

    1. Re:Too early to dupe by Monkeedude1212 · · 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.

  2. This Just In! by Lifyre · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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    I'll meet you at the intersection of "Should be" and "Reality"
  3. Re:These are the people who run our government by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While I agree in part with your sentiment, the government employee pool is one and the same with the private sector pool. Target this attack to a private sector company and I'd bet similar results would occur.