FBI Takes Out $14M DNS Malware Operation

coondoggie writes "U.S. law enforcement today said it had smashed what it called a massive, sophisticated Internet fraud scheme that injected malware in more than four million computers in over 100 countries while generating $14 million in illegitimate income. Of the computers infected with malware, at least 500,000 were in the United States, including computers belonging to U.S. government agencies, such as NASA."

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Re:Operating systems stats?

[Baloroth]

The FBI info PDF on the malware ( DNSChanger) lists instructions for checking OSX to see if you're infected. It also mentions the malware changes router settings if they are still at defaults. I'm guessing it infects Windows and Mac, with Linux/FreeBSD/Hurd being unaffected as per usual.

How to check DNS server settings on OS X

[DrProton]

This is good on Lion and Snow Leopard AFAIK: networksetup -getdnsservers Ethernet Wi-Fi

This command has extensive help: networksetup -help

I use networksetup every day. I have numerous makefile targets that change my network settings based on my location. I'm a a road warrior changing networks frequently and using a VPN and ssh to connect to the corporate network.