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The “Kneber” Botnet, Spear Phishing Attacks and Crimeware

by Nart Villeneuve (Chief Research Officer, SecDev.cyber) Introduction Targeted attacks, known as “spear phishing,” are increasingly exploiting government and military themes in order to compromise defense contractors in the Unites States. [1] In 2009, the Washington Post reported that unknown attackers were able to break into a defense contractor and steal documents pertaining to the [...]