https://news.hitb.org/index.php/ en https://news.hitb.org/index.php/content/windows-xp-flaws-help-russian-qbot-gang-build-500000-pc-botnet <article data-history-node-id="50108" role="article" class="node article teaser clearfix UTF-8"> <header> <h2 class="title text-center"><a href="/index.php/content/windows-xp-flaws-help-russian-qbot-gang-build-500000-pc-botnet" rel="bookmark"><span>Windows XP flaws help Russian &#039;Qbot&#039; gang build 500,000 PC botnet</span> </a></h2> <div class="meta submit clearfix"> <div class="date text-right"> <span class="lowercase">posted on</span>October 9, 2014 </div> <div class="author"> <span class="lowercase">by</span> <span><span>l33tdawg</span></span> </div> </div> </header> <div class="image-default"> <div> <a href="/index.php/content/windows-xp-flaws-help-russian-qbot-gang-build-500000-pc-botnet" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/russianbotnet-100495102-primary.idge_.jpg?itok=TUAGbUwk" width="220" height="147" alt="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2014/10/russianbotnet-100495102-primary.idge.jpg" title="Credit: CSO Online" /> </a> </div> <div class="image-credit"> <strong>Credit:</strong> <a href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2014/10/russianbotnet-100495102-primary.idge.jpg" target="_blank">http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2014/10/russianbotnet-100495102-primary.idge.jpg</a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div><p>The Russian gang behind the obscure Qbot botnet have quietly built an impressive empire of 500,000 infected PCs by exploiting unpatched flaws in mainly US-based Windows XP and Windows 7 computers, researchers at security firm Proofpoint have discovered. </p> <p>A year or two ago, what the Qbot (aka Qakbot) campaign has achieved in the roughly half dozen years the actors behind it have been operating would have been seen as a major concern. Recently, standards have gone up a notch. </p></div> </div> <div class="meta link clearfix"> <div class="comment"> <span class="lowercase">no</span>comment </div> <div class="share text-center show-for-medium"> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://news.hitb.org/index.php/content/windows-xp-flaws-help-russian-qbot-gang-build-500000-pc-botnet" data-a2a-title="Windows XP flaws help Russian &#039;Qbot&#039; gang build 500,000 PC botnet"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"><span class="fa fa-facebook"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"><span class="fa fa-twitter"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"><span class="fa fa-linkedin"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_email"><span class="fa fa-envelope"></span></a></span> </div> <div class="read-more"><a href="/index.php/content/windows-xp-flaws-help-russian-qbot-gang-build-500000-pc-botnet"><span class="lowercase">&#8594;</span>READ MORE</a></div> </div> </article> Thu, 09 Oct 2014 01:44:16 +0000 l33tdawg 50108 at https://news.hitb.org