On the heels of news earlier this week that Microsoft led an operation that resulted in the takedown of several Zeus botnets, on Wednesday more news came from the security industry on the successful takedown of yet another large botnet.
On Wednesday, experts from Kaspersky Lab along with others including experts from newly formedsecurity firm CrowdStrike, Dell SecureWorks and members of the Honeynet Project, announced the successful takedown of the second Hlux/Kelihos botnet. (Microsoft refers to the botnet as Kelihos, while Kaspersky calls it the Hlux botnet.) Continue reading How a Security Industry Collective Shattered The Latest Hlux/Kelihos Botnet