Damballa Inc. an internet security company based in Georgia - specialized in BotArmies recently discovered a worldwide mega infection of botnets and had given it a name “Kraken“. Botnets are large networks of computers being command and controlled like a zombie. The name was probably derived from which Kraken(a legendary sea monster) is seen infecting more than 400,000 computers more than the current Storm Worm of 200,000 computers.
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Happy Valentine’s day! But there won’t be any love in your mail box. Several security blogs alerted users on the 2nd wave of Valentine’s Day virus spam. The first wave was reported in January. Here’s the direct links to the latest report:
See images of Valentine’s card used on the malicious site.
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Be on high alert if you have receive a Valentine e-mail or card this coming February as the Storm worm might hit soon.
Latest update: Storm worm are already on the released according to Sophos on its blog. Take note of infected file name withlove.exe or e-mail title ‘Falling In Love with You’ and ‘You’re the One’.
