Thursday March 29, 2012  

EDITOR'S NOTE

An internet user has posted online instructions and exploit code that they say allows users to takedown or hijack the infamous Sality botnet. The instructions were contained in a Full Disclosure mailing list post by a user, 'Law Abiding Citizen', apparently frustrated by the slow process by which botnets can be legally taken down.

And the ACMA has revealed 10,000 Australians remain infected with the DNSChanger malware. Users that don't scrub the malware from their machines could be taken offline once the temporary command and control servers are pulled in July.

- Darren

BREAKING NEWS

DIY satirical Sality takedown posted to Full Disclosure

By Darren Pauli | March 29, 2012

Don't try this at home.

Thousands of Aussies risk net disconnection come July

By Ry Crozier | March 29, 2012

DNSChanger switch off date could cut victims' net access too.

AFP tech lab to arrest software glitches

By SC Australia Staff | March 29, 2012

Software testing lab to help cyber-cops fight crime.

Online crime groups less than six months old

By Dan Raywood | March 29, 2012

More than three-quarters of digital crime comes from organised activity.

EC proposes $3.8m Cybercrime Centre

By Dan Raywood | March 29, 2012

Centre due to open next year.

US Govt 'iCode' code of conduct approved

By Marcos Colon | March 29, 2012

The Anti-Bot Code of Conduct gives ISPs a blueprint to manage botnet threats.

Monster Kelihos botnet slain

By Marcos Colon | March 29, 2012

Security organisations have teamed up and killed an embodiment of the Kelihos botnet.

AVG gets do not track feature

By SC Staff | March 28, 2012

Gets protection from unknown WiFi access points.

FEATURE OF THE DAY

A new theory of digital identity

By Stephen Wilson | March 14, 2012

The final instalment of a two-part feature series explores the troubled practice of federated identity.

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