BKA investigation for infected software on thousands of computers – Computer Week

There is evidence of perpetrators in Germany. The investigation by the Attorney General’s Office Frankfurt lasted more, details could not therefore be announced.

Experts had managed to identify the so-called botnet and smash, said the spokesman. This was according to BKA a grouping a plurality of computers infected with malicious software. E-mail attachments or downloads would be used to generally, the spokesman said. The perpetrators could access this path on the computer and commit identity theft.

The computer owner concerned had been notified of your provider about the risks, said the spokesman. For more information on how to deal with such cases and aids for filing reports spend it on the side of the Federal and the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). (AP / cvi)

1. The experimental setup
   How much spam can send a botnet? Security vendor Sophos Labs went this question and configured against a special, infected with a malware honeypot, the spamming commands took and sent spam (of course, a dead-end server, so not really a spam wave originated). The numbers are staggering.
2. 5.5 million e-mail addresses …
   … were using a single computer that was infected with malware, within one week spammed.
3. 30 gigabytes outgoing e-mails …
   … could be sent over this one computer in a week. The value is also based according to Sophos on an average throughput of 400 KB per second – less than half of the upload bandwidth of a regular ADSL connection. In reality, the amount of data can thus still a lot higher.
4. 720 286 individual spam messages …
   … could be shipped. Here, then, voted at least the address of the recipient by his real name. Depending on where certain e-mail addresses have been tapped, also the context of the e-mail can also be more attuned to the interests of the recipient.
5. 26 percent of spam …
   … included an additional malware – a total of eleven different types of pests that gladdened the spam recipients. By opening an attachment or a link prospecting this malware could settle and continue to spread rapidly.
6. 74 percent of spam …
   contained … a link to a pharmaceutical website. No wonder is to make the issue of health respectively disease in people seeking help but a whole lot of money.
7. 3771 different URL short versions …
   .. . were used. Fake Sender, links within the email.! But it is always important that the addresses look real, bring the spam receiver for unscrupulous Click and bad to be tracked are not

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