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Microsoft stamps on Kelihos botnet

...around 41,000 infected computers. Image credit: Microsoft Kelihos, also known as 'Waledac 2.0' after a previous botnet that Microsoft shut down in 2010... Read more

28 September, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft turns Rustock botnet case over to FBI

...But when it has helped take down botnets previously, such as the Waledac botnet in 2010, the company stopped when it won a summary judgment... Read more

23 September, 2011 by Jay Greene

Microsoft: Keep internet healthy by isolating infected PCs

...provides technical resources for quelling local botnet infections, such as the recent Waledac botnet Read more

7 October, 2010 by Jack Clark
Security Intelligence Report Video Series - The <endeca_term>Waledac</endeca_term> Takedown With Richard Boscovich and T.J. Campana

Security Intelligence Report Video Series - The Waledac Takedown With Richard Boscovich and T.J. Campana

...podcast the speakers discuss Microsoft's legal and technical involvement in the Waledac botnet takedown Read more

9 December, 2010

Second Kelihos botnet steps into a sinkhole

...down by Microsoft and other companies. Previous versions included the Storm and Waledac botnets, according to Werner.Sinkhole operationThe researchers deliberately drew the infected bots... Read more

28 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft says it decimated Waledac botnet

...Microsoft has said that its legal action against Waledac domains has "decimated" the eponymous botnet. Microsoft on Monday said that research... Read more

17 March, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Spamhaus: Microsoft's botnet cull had little effect

Microsoft's takedown of the Waledac botnet has not been effective, according to some security researchers. The throttling... Read more

5 March, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Botnet price for hourly hire on par with cost of two pints

...combating botnets. Microsoft said it had taken effective legal action against the Waledac botnet, but observers such as Spamhaus said the levels of spam generated... Read more

25 May, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Microsoft claims Waledec botnet scalp

...court action that it says will enable it to take down the Waledac botnet, a large network of compromised computers believed capable of sending 1... Read more

25 February, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Customised 'bomb attack' emails delivering malware

...location. Meanwhile, clicking on the fake Reuters video page leads to malicious Waledac code being downloaded on the computer, the security firms said. Earlier this... Read more

17 March, 2009 by Elinor Mills
W32.<endeca_term>Waledac</endeca_term>: Threat Analysis

W32.Waledac: Threat Analysis

W32.Waledac is a worm that uses social engineering and certain client side vulnerabilities... Read more

28 August, 2009
Infiltrating <endeca_term>WALEDAC</endeca_term> Botnet's Covert Operations: Effective Social Engineering, Encrypted HTTP2P Communications, and Fast-Fluxing Network

Infiltrating WALEDAC Botnet's Covert Operations: Effective Social Engineering, Encrypted HTTP2P Communications, and Fast-Fluxing Network

The WALEDAC botnet has been involved in an almost continuous spate of spam runs... Read more

1 June, 2009

Microsoft settles in IM spam suit

...privacy," said Cranton. Last month Microsoft throttled a spam-sending botnet called Waledac by means of legal action, though some security researchers said last week... Read more

12 March, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Singapore gov't plans cyber-terrorism agency

...cyberdefenders. The minister pointed to the creators of the Conficker botnet and Waledac malware as an example of collaboration between cybercriminals Read more

1 October, 2009 by Eileen Yu

Conficker wakes up, updates itself over P2P

...the researchers said. The update appeared to be attempting to access the Waledac domain, according to a post on the TrendLabs Malware Blog on Wednesday... Read more

9 April, 2009 by Elinor Mills

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