Security company Finjan says it has uncovered a network of 1.9 million malware-infected computers, many of which are installed in corporations and governments around the world. The company says the cybercrime network has been growing rapidly since it was first detected in February, and appears to be controlled by criminals in the Ukraine.
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Security company Finjan says it has uncovered a network of 1.9 million malware-infected computers, many of which are installed in corporations and governments around the world.
The company says the cybercrime network has been growing rapidly since it was first detected in February, and appears to be controlled by criminals in the Ukraine.
"The sophistication of the malware and the staggering amount of infected computers proves that cybergangs are raising the bar," said Yuval Ben-Itzhak, chief technology officer of Finjan. "As big money drives today's cybercrime activities, organizations and corporations need to protect their valuable data to prevent theft by these kind of sophisticated cyberattacks."
The malware is remotely controlled, enabling the perpetrators to instruct the program to execute almost any command on the end-user computer, such as reading emails, copying files, recording keystrokes, spending spa, or making screenshots, the company said. Finjan has alerted law enforcement agencies about the server, which it says has compromised computers in 77 government-owned domains.
The spread of infected computers in percentages is as follows: U.S. 45%; UK 6%; Canada 4%; Germany 4%; France 3%; Other 38%.
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