A new type of computer virus breached some 75,000 computers in 2,500 organizations worldwide, including user accounts from popular social networks, according to internet security firm NetWitness.
The latest virus - known as "botnet Kneber - collects data from access to online financial systems, social networking sites and email systems from infected computers and transferring information to hackers, NetWitness said in a statement. A botnet is an army of infected computers that hackers can control from one central machine.
The company said that the attack was first discovered in January during a routine operation NetWitness software.
Additional investigations firm based in Herndon, USA, revealed that many commercial and governmental systems were affected, including 68,000 corporate connection credentials and access to electronic mail systems, e-banking sites, Yahoo, Hotmail and social networks like Facebook . "The conventional protection against malware and intrusion detection systems are signature-based, by definition, inadequate to meet or Kneber most advanced threats," he said in a statement the company's CEO, Amit Yoran.
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