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An unprecedented international effort has temporarily halted the spread of what's being called one of the most dangerous cyber pandemics ever. Now, experts say computer users have about two weeks to protect themselves.

Botnet Takedown Highlights Need for End User Cleanup

An examination of court records and interviews reveals how a hacker's computer crime syndicate spanned several continents and funneled money around the globe — often without being detected.

There's good news following this week's global law enforcement takedown of the Zeus Gameover Trojan and Cryptolocker ransomware campaigns: The number of new infections has become "very low," if not fallen to zero.

In the Dark Web world of cyber hackers, "Slavik" achieved legendary stature years ago, then purportedly retired. Instead, authorities say he went on a dazzling crime spree that used more than 1 million infected computers to reach directly into U.S. banks and businesses to steal millions.

The program attached to the emails is actually a keylogger, according to Trend Micro

The program attached to the emails is actually a keylogger, according to Trend Micro

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) teaming with international law enforcement, yesterday fingered Evgeniy Bogachev as the cyber-crime boss operating a Zeus-trojan-based botnet that has allegedly stolen millions from U.S. business bank accounts over the past five years.

One of the most intricate and sophisticated global cybercrime investigations ever completed led to the multinational takedown of the botnet used to feed the banking Trojan Gameover Zeus as well as servers for CryptoLocker ransomware, cyber-intelligence sources say. But what does the takedown mean for banking institutions in the long run?

The US Department of Justice and the FBI have announced a multinational effort that includes Europol and the UK’s National Crime Agency, that has managed to disrupt the GameOver Zeus botnet, believed to be responsible for a raft of financial compromises in the US and around the world.

An international public-private collaboration involving security companies and law enforcement agencies in 11 countries aims to disrupt the underlying infrastructure of the cybercrime industry.

Microsoft, the FBI, and some other companies across the world have recently managed to take down the central servers of the GameOver Zeus botnet, which has until now infected millions of computers with malware designed to steal bank details from affected PCs.

Tom Kellerman, chief cybersecurity officer at Trend Micro, and Gene West, an instructor at the FBI National Academy, discuss combating cyber crime with Trish Regan on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg)

U.S. and foreign law-enforcement agencies in recent days broke up a network of hijacked computers that authorities say were used by hackers to tap into hundreds of thousands of bank accounts and steal at least $100 million, U.S. officials said Monday.

Trend Micro is warning of a phishing campaign touting a “Heartbleed removal” tool, a nonsensical product that is actually malicious software.

Trend Micro researchers suggested using security software that can detect malicious links and to take care when being tempted by unknown websites.

Attackers could disable Automatic Identification System communications over large areas or send fake localization information to ships

Encryption gets a big wake-up call -- and a little more scrutiny.

THE BUZZ: TIME SERVED FOR SABU? — Prolific LulzSec hacker-turned-informant Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka “Sabu,” may walk away a free man when he is sentenced today in New York federal court.

Can any password ever be strong enough?

In a sick twist of events, the roles may just have been reversed on eBay users. It's their social media identities and data that now have the greatest value in the cyber underground.

Passwords and personal data were stolen in eBay's cyberattack. Here's how to protect your information against future hacks

Facebook is working with Trend Micro and F-Secure to protect its customers against malware.

On Monday, US officials announced the arrest of more than 90 people allegedly connected to an organization called Blackshades, which sold software that allows hackers to easily take over a Microsoft Windows computer remotely.

EBay users are being advised to change their passwords after hackers compromised some employees’ log-in credentials to break into the eBay corporate network.