Researchers at Trend Micro found that the blog of the United Kingdom newspaper The Independent was hacked, and the blog redirects to pages containing the Angler Exploit Kit.
Researchers at Russian cybersecurity firm Dr.Web discovered malware that targets Linux systems and can download files from infected computers' command and control server.
A coalition of law enforcement agencies partnered with technology companies and security vendors, including Microsoft, CERT.PL and ESET to take down a ring of over 1 million computers infected with the Dorkbot botnet, according to information provided by Microsoft, Interpol, and ESET.
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