Dutch Providers Voluntarily Block IP Address Used For Communication With Dorifel Virus Which Is Wreaking Havoc In The Netherlands

Posted: 2012/08/10 in Blocking, Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Filtering, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports

In relation to malware, botnets and spam, they’re both judge and executioner

  • 30 organizations have been dealing with infected systems
  • Kaspersky identified 1,100 new infections in only a few hours
  • thousands of government PCs have become part of a botnet due to the infections by the Dorifel virus
  • cyber criminals were readying themselves to distribute more malware for various types of criminal activities
  • Dorifel is also active in China, Canada and Poland
  • It is believed that Dorifel is connected to Zeus/Citadel

Dutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/111446/kaspersky–dorifelvirus-blijft-zich-verspreiden.html

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