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Mounties join crack down on Russian cyber crime - Dave Lewis - CSO Online

Recently a new botnet was taken over by authorities across the globe (Canada, and more importantly the mounties, in this story). This was a particularly nasty botnet in that it featured both cryptolocker (ransomware) and a distributed denial of service (DDoS) functionality.

We've Set Up a One-Click Test For GameOver ZeuS - Antti - F-secure

F-Secure has a link you can use to test your computer to see if it has GameOver on it as well as a technical description on how they accomplish the test.

Click here to check your computer for GameOver.

Backstage with the Gameover Botnet Hijackers - Brian Krebs - Krebs on Security

Of course Brian Krebs got an interview with two of the people involved in the GameOver ZeuS botnet takeover. Very interesting read.

This post first appeared on Exploring Information Security.