Botnet that enslaved 770,000 PCs worldwide comes crashing down

ronjor · Apr 13, 2015

The Simda botnet that menaced 190 countries is no more.

by Dan Goodin - Apr 13, 2015 11:24am CDT
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http://arstechnica.com/security/201...ved-770000-pcs-worldwide-comes-crashing-down/

Dermot7 · Apr 13, 2015

Microsoft and Interpol have teamed up to derail a malware infection that compromised more than 770,000 Windows PCs worldwide.

Simda is a “pay-per-install” software nasty: fraudsters pay miscreants some sum of money for every 1,000 or so machines they compromise. The hackers effectively earn cash by selling access to the infected computers, renting out the botnet real-estate to other crooks.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/13/simda_botnet_takedown/

ronjor · Apr 15, 2015

Simda Botnet
Original release date: April 15, 2015

Overview

The Simda botnet – a network of computers infected with self-propagating malware – has compromised more than 770,000 computers worldwide [1 (link is external)].

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in collaboration with Interpol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has released this Technical Alert to provide further information about the Simda botnet, along with prevention and mitigation recommendations.
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https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-105A

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