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[ NNSquad ] Researchers Uncover Attack Campaign Leveraging 25, 000 Unix Servers


Researchers Uncover Attack Campaign Leveraging 25,000 Unix Servers

http://j.mp/OzUum7  (Security Week)

  "The finding was made by researchers from ESET, CERT-Bund, the Swedish
   National Infrastructure for Computing and other agencies. The servers
   are being hijacked by a backdoor Trojan as part of a campaign the
   researchers are calling 'Operation Windigo.' Once infected,
   victimized systems are leveraged to steal credentials, redirected web
   traffic to malicious sites and send as much as 35 million spam
   messages a day."

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
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