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		<title><![CDATA[Automatically Generating Models for Botnet Detection]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1174269]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A botnet is a network of compromised hosts that is under the control of a single, malicious entity, often called the botmaster. This paper presents a system that aims to detect bots, independent of any prior information about the command and control channels or propagation vectors, and without requiring multiple...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Combating Botnets Using the Cisco ASA Botnet Traffic Filter]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1021815]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper discusses the nature of botnets, the threats they pose to today's networks, and how the Cisco Botnet Traffic Filter enables Cisco ASA appliances to fight botnets and to handle their dynamic nature. A botnet is a collection of autonomous software robots bots, typically malicious in nature, that operate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Botnet exploiting MS0867 flaws (Inside the botnets that never make the news)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=64832&messageID=1207279&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Botnet exploiting MS0867 flaws Inside the botnets that never make the newsBlock IRC traffic completelyThat's the solution.  IRC traffic has no place in business environments.Image 5...Did you do the obfuscating?  If not, how do you know they're all on the same server?How pray tell?You're forgetting, any type of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 07:37:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Operation Bot Roast: Too little too late]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=349]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[* Ryan Naraine is on vacation.Â Guest Editorial by Dr Jose NazarioThe US FBI has kicked offÂ Operation Bot Roast this summer with the goal of addressing the botnet problem. Hurray for them,it's good that something is being done. However, this is probably not going to stop the botnet problem, and maybe...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:59:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Operation Bot Roast' nets million-strong botnet operation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=298]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Law enforcement authorities today announced the arrest of three men accused of using a million-strong botnet of hijacked computers for spam-related crime.The FBI said its "Operation Bot Roast" identified more than one million victim computer IP addresses being used in criminal activity."The FBI  is working with our industry partners,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:17:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DNS root server attack launched from Germany]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DNS root server attack launched from Germanybotnets are very interesting ecosystemsBack about 5 years ago when they were first emerging, i experimented with a bot named "evilbot".  I infected a few of my own test computers and then controlled them via a subseven IRC server chat room.  At...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:24:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Botnet drama: database theft, IM attacks, financial fraud]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/?p=794]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you a victim? If not, the guy next door might be.  According to the story, two botnets claimed over 150,000 compromised machines, some with RATS remote administration tools installed and one machine being used "as a vehicle to fraudulently scan desktop and back-end systems to obtain credit card...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:46:24 -0800</pubDate>
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