Virut malware fuels Waledac botnet resurgence

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Virut malware fuels Waledac botnet resurgence
Botnet	Virut, Waledac
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2013 / 2013-01-15
Editor/Conference	Haymarket Media, Inc
Link	http://www.scmagazine.com/virut-malware-fuels-waledac-botnet-resurgence/article/276183/ (Archive copy)
Author	Danielle Walker
Type	Blogpost

Abstract

“ The Waledac worm, which targets Windows systems and sends spam from infected computers, has made its return with the help of the Virut virus, according to researchers.

And the latest junk mail campaign may not be the first time that Waledac and Virut attackers have worked together to prey on unsuspecting users.

Back in 2009, researchers believed that Waledac operators utilized Virut to carry out a Bank of America certificate scam by which victims' computers were hijacked to deliver spam and host malware-serving websites.

Bibtex

 @misc{2013BFR1296,
   editor = {Haymarket Media, Inc},
   author = {Danielle Walker},
   title = {Virut malware fuels Waledac botnet resurgence},
   date = {15},
   month = Jan,
   year = {2013},
   howpublished = {\url{http://www.scmagazine.com/virut-malware-fuels-waledac-botnet-resurgence/article/276183/}},
 }