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September 7th, 2011 by adminMicrosoft suspects ex-antivirus worker of Kelihos botnet creation
January 23rd, 2012 by Gabrielle Plaingallery
Microsoft has continued its assault on the Kelihos botnet, naming a former IT security professional as the controller of the malicious network.
An amended complaint US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Microsoft alleged that Russian Andrey Sabelnikov was running the botnet.
In the complaint, Microsoft said Sabelnikov was working on a freelance basis for a software development and consulting firm, and had previously been a project manager at an anti-virus provider.
Thousands of computers are still infected with its malware.
The Kelihos botnet was shut down last year, but Microsoft has continued to hunt for the perpetrators and have them prosecuted.
Microsoft had previously accused Dominique Piatti, a Czech man running the dotFREE domain hosting company, claiming his business was registering subdomains used to operate Kelihos.
Notes of interest from Apple’s Q1 2012 conference call
January 22nd, 2012 by Alex LayApple on Tuesday posted a massive holiday quarter with record sales of more than 37 million iPhones, 13.5 million iPads and 5.2 million Macs. Following the news, Apple executives participated in a conference call with analysts and the press, and notes of interest follow.
Participating in Tuesday’s call was Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer, and Treasurer Barry Whistler.
Highlights
- Apple ended the quarter with $97.6 billion in cash, an increase of $16 billion from the previous quarter.
- Oppenheimer said Apple executives are “actively discussing” potential uses for its massive cash hoard, but there are no specifics to share.
WoW charity auction for EU server hardware enters final stages
January 19th, 2012 by Flynn PrieurWorld of Warcraft fans in Europe have one final chance to take part in a Blizzard charity auction, which sees the winning bid take home a piece of decommissioned server hardware. According to Blizzard, the the server blades have been preserved in presentation cases, and signed by various WoW developers. Pictures of the hardware up for bidding is posted below. This is the final stage of the auction which started in October, and net proceeds from the auction will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. A list of realms up for grabs is posted on Battle.net and the official eBay page. <
Law solicitor at centre of internet piracy row suspended
January 17th, 2012 by Flynn Prieur
The London-based lawyer at the centre of a long-running row over internet piracy has been suspended for two years and ordered to pay £76,000 in costs.
Andrew Crossley, the sole solicitor behind now-defunct law firm ACS:Law, admitted six charges against him at a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hearing on Monday.
ACS:Law sent tens of thousands of letters on behalf of clients demanding £500 “settlement” payments from people it accused of illicitly downloading music and adult material. M