botnets

As IT network attacks grow more sophisticated, many businesses still struggle with preventable threats; almost all IT pros say their companies could do more to protect themselves

VERNON HILLS, IL, June 1, 2010 -- CDW LLC, a leading provider of technology products and services to business, government and education, today announced the results of its IT Threat Prevention Straw Poll, based on a survey of 200 information technology (IT) security managers and decision makers at medium and large businesses across the United States.

Proliferation of Botnets and Exploitation of Holiday Spend Caused Attempted Click Fraud Rate to Peak at 26% in Q4 2009

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Anchor Intelligence, a provider of traffic quality solutions, today released the Anchor Intelligence Traffic Quality Report: 2009 Year In Review.

The Anchor Intelligence network saw the average attempted click fraud rate jump from 18.6% in Q3 to 25.7% in Q4 – an increase of almost 40%; this is the highest attempted click fraud rate recorded by Anchor in all of 2009.

Online Audience Verification Platform Improves Search Advertising Traffic Sent to Merchants

AUSTIN, Texas - November 4, 2009 - While millions of online shoppers will turn to comparison shopping engines before making a purchase this holiday season, many visitors to these sites will be botnets looking to steal money from merchants.

Launches Proactive Service Notice for High-Speed Internet Customers Whose PCs May Be Infected by Bots

Philadelphia, PA - October 8, 2009 -- Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services, announced today it has put the finishing touches on its comprehensive security program designed to help protect its high-speed Internet customers from bots, viruses and other online threats.

Overall Industry Click Fraud Rate Rises to 14.1 Percent

AUSTIN, Texas - October 22, 2009 - Click Forensics®, Inc. today released advertising audience quality figures for the third quarter 2009 from the industry's leading independent online advertising and click fraud data reporting service.

Malware-Distributed Botnet Masking Itself with High "Quality Scores"; Sending Fraudulent Search Traffic from U.S. Libraries, Schools and Consumer Laptops

AUSTIN, Texas - September 17, 2009 -- Click Forensics®, Inc. today announced it has identified an unusually large spike in click fraud traffic coming from a new botnet that appears to be eluding the filters of even the most sophisticated search engines, publishers and ad networks.

Cutwail Bounces Back from Near Death Experience and Instant Messaging Malware on the Rise

CUPERTINO, CA, June 29, 2009 -- Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the publication of its June 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report. Analysis highlights that spam levels were unchanged since May at 90.4 percent largely due to the several hours of downtime experienced by Cutwail, one of the largest and most active botnets, following the shutdown of California-based ISP, Pricewert LLC (also known as 3FN and APS Telecom) on June 5, 2009.

Spam Levels Rise Despite the Takedown of the Infamous Spam Hosting ISP McColo

SANTA CLARA, CA, May 5, 2009 - Today the McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) first quarter threat report revealed that cybercriminals have taken control of almost 12 million new IP addresses since January, a 50 percent increase since 2008.

Web-based attacks evolve as hackers target end-user information as underground economy continues to thrive

CUPERTINO, CA, April 14, 2009 – Symantec Corporation today announced that malicious code activity continued to grow at a record pace throughout 2008, primarily targeting confidential information of computer users. According to the company’s Internet Security Threat Report Volume XIV, Symantec created more than 1.6 million new malicious code signatures in 2008.