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New Botnet Breaks into Corporate America1 ,October, 2009 From Dror Todress |
A new large-scale malware outbreak is currently believed to have infected at least 50 of America’s Fortune 100 companies.
Over 70 variants of the malware, known as Mariposa, have been identified, with complex methods of action including email address harvesting, injecting code into known system processes, and downloading further malware onto corporate computers and networks.
Like Conficker, this new malware can spread by multiple mechanisms, including running automatically from USB flash drives, via an Internet-based update module, and across the MSN Messenger chat network.
Also like Conficker, the exact motivation or the people behind the threat are not known. But it’s worth checking your AV signatures are fully updated – and we would recommend the use of secure USB drives with onboard anti-malware protection, too.
Tags: Anti-Malware, Botnet, Internet Security Threat, Malware, of malware attacks, Secure USB Flash Drives, USB flash drive, USB thumb drives
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16 November, 2009 , 1:16 pm
I will also suggest onboard anti-malware protection with the secure usb drives.