Thursday, February 18, 2010

Newly-discovered infestation - 'Kneber botnet'

A new botnet infestation has been reported to have been identified and named Kneber Botnet. Computer Systems from nearly 2,500 organizations across the world have been compromised (including commercial and government entities worldwide). Hackers have been able to steal large amount of confidential data including approximately 68,000 corporate login credentials and online banking sites.

The case was discovered only in late January as per NetWitness - a US based Security Firm., stealing large amount of confidential data, says a report.

source - Economic Times

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