Sality and Stuxnet mastered Internet Malware

Kaspersky announced the publication Monthly Malware Statistics for September 2010.  The beginning of autumn brings with it progress Sality virus and an increasing number of malware programs on the website.


Based on statistics Kaspersky Lab, a new variant of the well-known polymorphic, Sality virus, dubbed 'bh' is found widespread in the user's computer.  Newcomers in the rankings, Sality.bh ranked eleventh and spread with the help of Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Sality.cx that use vulnerabilities in Windows LNK files.  This is a zero-day vulnerability that was first used by the worm detected Stuxnet that are popular.


The same vulnerability exploited by the Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Sality.r back in August.  Geographical distribution of the worm dropper Stuxnet match, they appear most in India, followed by Vietnam and Russia.


'The cyber criminals are usually very fast in the release of the exploit at the time of newly discovered vulnerabilities.  The fact that a large number of users fail to update their software regularly only encourage cyber criminals.  Extensive media coverage about Stuxnet, only serve as advertisements for the vulnerability used by a diverse group of cyber criminals, 'comment Vyacheslav Zakorzhevsky, Senior Virus Analyst, Kaspersky, Wednesday (13/10/2010).


An ad theme is also seen rated second in web threats, for the first time the number of adware programs equal to the number of exploits, which remain popular for cyber criminals.  A total of seven courses AdWare.Win32 made it into the Top 20 rankings this month.  These types of adware are more annoying than damaging.  The main purpose of this worm is to entice users with banner ads that are integrated with conventional software.  Although this worm is generally harmless, but certain programs slow the operating speed of a computer system.


On the list of web-borne threats in September, which aroused the curiosity is a newcomer that is Exploit.SWF.Agent.du which is a Flash file.  Until now, seeing the vulnerability in Flash technology which exploited still relatively rare.

WikiLeaks Founder Arrested

Founder whistleblower site WikiLeaks Julian Assange British police arrested and are now huddled in custody. The 39-year-old man charged with rape while on holiday in Sweden some time ago.


Several hours after the arrest, Julian Assange taken straight to court. The photographers tried to take pictures of Julian Assange prisoners brought by car, on Tuesday (7 / 12) local time. Reuters / Suzanne Plunkett.



The car that brought Assange leave the City of Westminster Magistrates Court, London. Assange have languished behind bars at least until December 14 next after the court rejected the request suspension of detention. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images.


Assange will undergo extradition proceedings at the request of the Swedish government in the case of alleged rape of two women. Reuters / Tim Chong.



Assange's attorney, Mark Stephens, said his client voluntarily turned himself in to police London. Stephens also mentioned Assange in fine condition. Reuters / Andrew Winning.



Meanwhile, a group of people protesting in front Assange demanded the release of the British Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria. Reuters / Stoyan Nenov.

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Russian hackers deceive FBI Rp 4.1 billion / U.S. $ 459 thousand

INILAH.COM, Moscow - the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) hunt down Oleg Nikolaenko.Youth 23 years of Russian origin suspected to be mastermind behind the attacks' Mega-D Botnet 2009.

This attack infects about 500 thousand computers. Malicious program that allows an infected computer to send junk email (spam) to billions of emails per day. Nikolaenko FBI believes is responsible for shipping billions of emails hawking fake Rolex, fake drugs, and herbal medicine illegally.

Nikolaenko arrest is the result of the development of similar cases. Earlier, police had arrested the friend Nikolaenko, Lance Atkinson and Jody Smith. FBI saw both often associated with Nikolaenko use an online name 'Docent'.

Smith and Atkison found guilty and sentenced to one year in prison. The FBI found evidence of the flow of funds of about U.S. $ 459 thousand (USD 4.1 billion) into Atkison Nikolaenko of the past six months.
As quoted by The Smoking Gun, "In operation" Affking 'they managed to earn some money through scams use emails that they send by assault Mega-D, "said FBI officials.

source: inilah.com