Waledac gets cozy with Virut

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Waledac gets cozy with Virut
Botnet	Virut, Waledac
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2013 / 2013-01-14
Editor/Conference	Symantec
Link	http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/waledac-gets-cozy-virut (Archive copy)
Author	Denis Carmody
Type	Blogpost

Abstract

“ During our further analysis of recent Virut samples, we observed the virus downloading a botnet variant named Waledac (also know Kelihos), which Symantec detects as W32.Waledac.D. The Waledac family is a threat that has been monitored by Symantec for many years and was featured in numerous blogs as well as a white paper. In the past, the Waledac botnet has also been subject to takedown efforts from the security community to curtail its operations. On each occasion the miscreants behind the botnet were able to recover from these disruptions and continue their operations, distributing spam and performing other malicious functions.

Bibtex

 @misc{Carmody2013BFR1281,
   editor = {Symantec},
   author = {Denis Carmody},
   title = {Waledac gets cozy with Virut},
   date = {14},
   month = Jan,
   year = {2013},
   howpublished = {\url{http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/waledac-gets-cozy-virut}},
 }