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Rootkit powered botnet tied to group in middle east |
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paperghost writes "Security researchers have traced October's W32 Sdbot-ADD worm attack against AOLs Instant Messenger network to a rootkit-powered botnet controlled by hackers in the Middle East.
In the aftermath of the first detection of a rootkit component in an IM worm attack, researchers at FaceTime Security Labs on Thursday warned that computers infected by the lockx.exe rootkit file are being further compromised by a group in the Middle East.
Eweek: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1888714,00.asp
FaceTime Press Release:
http://facetime.com/pr/pr051117.aspx
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