February 18, 2010, 11:28AM

Kneber Botnet Infiltrated 74,000 Systems

More than 74,000 PCs at nearly 2,500 organizations around the globe were compromised over the past year and a half in a botnet infestation designed to steal login credentials to bank sites, social networks, and e-mail systems, researchers have discovered. Read the full article. [cnet]


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Do we know if the malware is snatching login credentials, changes to login credentials or both?  Would making changes to our login data 2-3 times a year be a deterent or just provide greater exposure to the threat?

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