Mariposa botnet busted

[Dermot7]

News story:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUST...technologyNews

[tgell]

Mariposa had infected machines in 190 countries in homes, government agencies, schools, more than half of the world's 1,000 largest companies and at least 40 big financial institutions, according to two Internet security firms that helped Spanish officials crack the ring.

Makes you wonder what kind of security software they were using. Wonder what the detection rate is for this infection?

[siljaline]

Further reading: here, here, here, here

[Kees1958]

GGeh man totally off topic, that was the name of the pub (hard rock typeI worked when I was 18, ohh I am old bugger (Mariposa means butterfly)

[funkydude]

Originally Posted by tgell

Makes you wonder what kind of security software they were using.

Most likely Panda, as countries tend to use the AV their country produces frequently.