Thursday, July 5, 2012

DNSChanger

  • DNSChanger is an ad-fraud botnet that the F.B.I. and Estonian authorities busted late last year in Operation Ghost Click. Operation Ghost Click? Click as in click-fraud. Altering DNS server settings allowed the gang to do man-in-the-middle ad injections.
  • (F-Secure)
  • TACOMA, WA — IID (Internet Identity®), a provider of technology and services that help organizations secure their Internet presence, today announced that 12 percent of all Fortune 500 companies and four percent of major U.S.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • WASHINGTON - The warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website.
  • (WPTV)
  • More than one in 10 Fortune 500 companies still have computers infected with DNSChanger malware, according to estimates by Internet security firm IID.
  • (ITnews)
  • Dont be alarmed if you open up your Facebook account and get a large warning message that says, Your computer or network might be infected.
  • (CNET News)
  • Even though the DNSChanger safety net deadline expires in just two weeks, 12 per cent of Fortune 500 firms still have at least one infected machine on their network, according to a new survey.
  • (The Register)
  • Less than three weeks before the deadline for taking clean DNSChanger servers offline for good hundreds of thousands of computers still are using the servers for DNS queries and face the risk of being cut off from the Internet July 9.
  • (GCN.com)
  • Under Facebooks detection program, users likely still affected with DNSChanger will get a notification from Facebook saying their systems are likely infected.
  • (gmanetwork.com)
  • There is less than a month to go until computers that have been infected with the DNSChanger malware will have trouble accessing websites and other internet services.
  • (Computerworld Australia)

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