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Botweb using compromised Linux servers

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

Over at the Unmask Parasites blog, periodic BadwareBusters.org contributor Denis reports on a botweb (a term coined by our own Oliver Day) that he’s been investigating: What we see here is a long awaited botnet of zombie web servers! A … Continue reading →

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Even Linux users see effects of bad code

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

Over on our community site, BadwareBusters.org, user DrHenley reports ill effects from visiting a badware site using Firefox on Ubuntu: I could not close FireFox, and it required a reboot to stop the popups. After rebooting the first time I … Continue reading →

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Mac attack

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Maxim Weinstein

Sandi over at the Spyware Sucks blog “pointed”:http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2008/08/15/1644705.aspx to “this thread”:http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7768848 on Apple’s Mac forums, indicating that some Mac users have been victims of a web-based malware attack: bq. This has happened to me twice now, on two separate computers … Continue reading →

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