Kneber Botnet Virus Breaches 75,000 Computers, : STUDY

Kneber Botnet Virus Breaches 75,000 Computers: STUDY

A new type of computer virus is known to have breached almost 75,000 computers in 2,500 organizations around the world, including user accounts of popular social network websites, according Internet security firm NetWitness.

The latest virus -- known as "Kneber botnet" -- gathers login credentials to online financial systems, social networking sites and email systems from infested computers and reports the information back to hackers, NetWitness said in a statement.

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