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Your Botnet Is My Botnet: Analysis of a Botnet Takeover

Botnets, networks of malware-infected machines that are controlled by an adversary, are the root cause of a large number of security problems on the Internet. A particularly sophisticated and insidious type of bot is Torpig, a malware program that is designed to harvest sensitive information (such as bank account and...

Tags: Credit Card, Malware, Association For Computing Machinery, Bot, Analysis, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Security, Sales

White papers 2009-08-14

Spamming vendor launches managed spamming service

A spamming vendor known as the SET-X Corporation, has recently launched the distributed SET-X Mail System, a sophisticated managed spamming service available for rent on a monthly basis starting from $2000, promising to achieve "spamming speed" of 5000 to 7000 emails per minute and over 1 million spam messages per...

Tags: Malware, Server, Bot, Spamming, Spamming Service, SET-X Mail System, MX, Spam, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-09-13

Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter

Owen Thor Walker, a 18 years old ringleader of an international cybercrime group, known as AKILL, part of the A-Team, a group of 8 script kiddies which were all caught in a operation called "Operation Bot Roast II" bust executed by the FBI and several international law enforcement agencies in...

Tags: Job, Malware, Bot, Malware Bot, PRIVMSG, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Verizon, Telecom Italia, and Brasil Telecom top the botnet charts in Q2 of 2008

Verizon, Telecom Italia, and Brasil Telecom top the botnet charts in Q2 of 2008I proposed a solution a while back.Any ISP can see who is compromised. That's obvious from the accurate stats you have. My idea, simply put, enforce all zombied machines to a proxy. This proxy...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Verizon Telecom Italia, Verizon Telecom, Zombied, Brasil Telecom, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Operation Bot Roast: Too little too late

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest Editorial by Dr Jose NazarioThe US FBI has kicked off 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...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Mozilla, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-07-02

Google blasts Web bots: PC big culprit in drive by downloads

As more users are connected to the Internet and conduct their daily activities electronically, computer users have become the target of an underground economy that infects hosts with malware or adware for financial gain, so laments Niels Provos, Google Software Engineer.Provos chaired a Google sponsored research forum on Botnets last...

Tags: Microsoft, Google

Blog posts 2007-05-06

AIAB (Am I a Bot) 1.1 (Windows)

AIAB is a malware detection tool, it will scan your system for the characteristics of malware and display it s results. It allows you to terminate a listed process or disable a detected start up. AIAB s scan parameters are stored in a local file so advanced users can add...

Tags: Malware, Bot, AW Solutions, AIAB, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-04-21

Botnets as a Vehicle for Online Crime

An analysis of real-world botnets indicates the increasing sophistication of bot malware and its thoughtful engineering as an effective tool for profit-motivated online crime. This analysis of source code and captured binaries has provided insight about: how botnets are built, what capabilities botnets possess, how botnets are operated, how botnets...

Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, Malware, Bot, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

White papers 2005-12-01

Additional Resources

Dark Internet Fundamentals

We all think we know the internet - the service that has magically transmitted these words from my keyboard to your eyeballs - but how much do you know of the fundamentals? As I wrote about last year, the plumbing of the internet...

Tags: Network, Attack, Internet, Security, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-29

New iPhone worm found in the wild

But I thought Apple OS X was immune from ALL such things. nt...When you jailbreak your iPhoneyou give it the ability to run things other the "Apple Only" software.Any I thought Zdnet was immune to trolling?Just kidding. I knew it wasn't.I don't think that Apple ever claimed their OS...

Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Operating systems, iPhone platform, Apple iPhone, worm, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Inside the Google Chrome OS security model

The proof will be in implementationAll of these lofty goals are one thing. Making it happen in code is quite another. It sounds like they are just giving a laundry list of what people want them to say. I'm in the "believe it when I see it" camp. Good intentions...

Tags: security, Google Inc., licence, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect

The fault lies with MS and Driver manufacturersWe don't criticize macs because they are a package deal, with a price premium to match so they generally work just fine. We don't call for witch hunts of Linux distro's because we expect to have problems and tweaks with Linux, plus it's...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, COMPANIES, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Linux Distro, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Ad-Aware Pro Internet Security 8.1.0 (Windows)

Ad-Aware Pro is Lavasoft's solution to combat the most extreme forms of malware and cyber threats, including protection against viruses, spyware, keyloggers, Trojans, rootkits, password stealers, bot networks, and drive-by downloads. An advanced solution that won't load down system resources, Ad-Aware Pro is the optimum security tool for today's small...

Tags: Password, Internet, Network, Ad-aware, Microsoft Windows, Internet Security, Ad-Aware Pro, Network Drive Scanning, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security

Software downloads 2009-10-14

(Ad-Aware 8)

Gave up on Spybot and Adaware Almost two years ago I gave up on Spybot Search N Destroy as it had become a pig on an older Windows box. I can not remember the last time I have installed Adaware on any of my computers nor on anyone else's box....

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Ad-aware

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

The case of the fake money-mules: Inside the URLZone Trojan network

Security EvangelistHi, boy I sure wish people would stop using the word Evangelist in the wrong way. An Evangelist is someone you preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not a secular title at all. Wikipedia recently removed the secular definition and Webster is researching it. Evangelist is from the Greek...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Banking, E-business/E-commerce, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Personal finance, SECURITY, network, trojan horse, online banking, bank, virus

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

New botnet hides commands as JPEG images

What, that's it?That's it for this article? No mention of how prolific it is; what defenses might exist; how to check for it's presence; anything?Without more information, you're fear-mongering. Next time, just type "Boo!".What, that's it? "Without more information, you're fear-mongering. Next time, just type "Boo!"."I think its called, getting...

Tags: BotNet, JPEG, botnet, JPEG Images

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Google exec calls for ISPs to get tough on botnets

I can't agree with a requirement for active A/V.I don't need nor want useless A/V software on my systems.Its inappropriate for an ISP to scan MY machine..for paid access to the interent (when they want to claim they are a "dumb pipe"). If I am spewing out malware - sure,...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Google Inc., Internet Service Provider, A/V, malware, operating system, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Doctor Antivirus 2008 (The ultimate guide to scareware protection)

ScamsI have seen many of these screens before, on my own PC. I usually retreat to AVG, Norton, or Symantec sites to check their claims, do online scans, and Google search to find unhappy "users"RE: Doctor Antivirus 2008 The ultimate guide to scareware protectionthere ought to be laws... even so...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, antivirus, SpyBot, ultimate guide, TrendMicro RUBotted, Trend Micro Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Office 2010 to expand antipiracy features

Doublespeak, plain and simpleI don't know why corporate types are so bent on trying to make everything sound like they are doing some sort of favor to the customer. It's a disease that permeates corporate America. And since it's so easy to see through, it does nothing but lessen the...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Office, antipiracy, piracy, piracy rate, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Research: 80% of Web users running unpatched versions of Flash/Acrobat

Thank goodness for regular updates from Adobe's RPM repository!The repository ensures that all my 32 bit Flash and Reader installations are up-to-date. The native 64 bit Flash plugin is still "alpha", and I look forward to the day that is added to the repository too. But at least the appearance...

Tags: Patches, Adobe Systems Inc., Flash/Acrobat

Discussion threads 2009-08-25