Kelhios botnet

US prosecutors believe that Levashov ran a botnet called Kelihos that was made up of around 100,000 compromised devices. The botnet foisted untold numbers of malware-infected messages on internet users, including password-stealers and ransomware, as well as phishing emails, and advertisements ...

Petr Levashov, a Russian national, was extradited from Spain in 2008 for operating a global network of tens of thousands of computers called the Kelihos botnet. Authorities alleged for years, Levashov made a nice living by controlling the botnet and credited the FBI with helping capture Levashov. As usual ...

... of the Kelihos botnet. Levasho's indictment alleges Kelihos facilitated “malicious activities including harvesting login credentials, distributing bulk spam e-mails, and installing ransomware and other malicious software.” Yevgeniy A. Nikulin, meanwhile, was arrested in the Czech Republic in October 2016.

In February, Russian national Peter Levashov, who was arrested in Spain last year, was extradited to the U.S. to face allegations that he ran the notorious Kelihos botnet that pumped out spam, banking Trojans and ransomware (see Accused Russian Botnet Mastermind Extradited to US). In January, meanwhile, Spain had ...

Peter Yuryevich Levashov – a 37-year-old Russian computer programmer, accused by the FBI of developing the Kelihos botnet and using it to stuff inboxes with Viagra and Cialis spam; ... One was apparently used as a proxy, while one was used as a backend panel to provide status updates on the botnets.

An affidavit unsealed today shows Apple's unexpected role in bringing a Russian spam king to justice. Once listed as one of the ten worst spammers in the world, Peter Levashov allegedly ran the Kelihos botnet under the alias “Severa,” renting out access to spammers and other cybercriminals. But despite ...

U.S. Justice Department officials said the Kelihos botnet has been the source of criminal cyber attacks since 2010. The prosecutors said Levashov used the network of hijacked computers, without the knowledge of the computer owners, for illegal purposes that included the theft of personal identifying ...

Kelhios, one of the longest-running, most malicious botnets in the world, has reportedly been taken down by United States Department of Justice, following the arrest of its alleged operator, Russian programmer Pyotr Levashov. The botnet has been in operation since 2010, helping to deliver spam, steal ...

The Kelihos botnet has been a source of criminal activity targeting computer users worldwide since at least 2010, the official said. It has been involved in various spam attacks, including pump-and-dump schemes, password thefts and injecting various forms of malware, including ransomware, into target ...