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Researchers Say Kelihos Gang Is Building New Botnet 110

alphadogg writes "The cyber-criminal gang that operated the recently disabled Kelihos botnet has already begun building a new botnet with the help of a Facebook worm, according to security researchers from Seculert. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab, CrowdStrike, Dell SecureWorks and the Honeynet Project, announced that they took control of the 110,000 PC-strong Kelihos botnet on Wednesday using a method called sinkholing. That worm has compromised over 70,000 Facebook accounts so far and is currently distributing a new version of the Kelihos Trojan."
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Researchers Say Kelihos Gang Is Building New Botnet

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  • Anonymous (Score:3, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 01, 2012 @08:25PM (#39544721)

    We all knew Anonymous would strike again. Why aren't the authorities doing something about these criminals?

    Maybe what we need to do is make it so that nobody can access the internet without supplying a sample of their DNA. And then make it so that all communications from the user to the internet are logged in an extremely verbose manner, and have a system of spy networks at the ready to detect subversive behavior. The governments could intentionally put things like porn or questionable books like Fahrenheit 451, 1984, or The Diary of Anne Frank on the internet and then arrest civilians when they try to access them.

    I wish I were in a position of power where I could institute a program like that in the United States of America. For too long we have strayed from the Lord's Path, and we need a true leader to bring this country back in the right direction.

  • by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 01, 2012 @08:29PM (#39544753)

    apt-get install trojan
    E: Unable to locate package trojan

    Nope, doesn't work.

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