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- (1) roBOT A program used on the Internet that performs a repetitive function such as posting a message to multiple newsgroups or searching for information or news. Bots...
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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...
- White papers 2009-08-14
- News to know: SOA, Google Voice app; Twitter bots; Google Wave; Clunkers
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Joe McKendrick: More SOA tools emerge in the cloud Jason Hiner: Forget the iPhone app, Google Voice coming as...
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- FTC shuts down notorious botnet ISP
- The Federal Trade Commission FTC has shut down a U.S.-based Internet Service Provider for recruiting, hosting and actively participating in the distribution of spam, child pornography, and other harmful electronic content. Pricewert LLC (also known as 3FN and APS Telecom) was shut down by a district court...
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Net of the Living Dead: Bots, Botnets and Zombies
- Organized crime long ago discovered the Internet's profit potential, and has succeeded not only in recruiting the necessary expertise to exploit that potential, but in capturing and subverting a significant quantity of innocent Internet-attached systems and, in the process, acquiring the owners of those systems as unwitting Although they are...
- White papers 2009-04-16
- Towards Next-Generation Botnets
- This paper introduces the design of an advanced bot called Rambot that is based on the weak nesses found when tracking a diverse set of botnets over a period of several months. The main features of this bot are peer-to-peer communication, strong cryptography, a credit-point system to build bilateral trust...
- White papers 2008-10-07
- 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...
- 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...
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Invisible Attackers: Stop the Bot
- Massive distributed-denial-of-service DDoS and phishing attacks get the headlines, but invisible attackers pose a far more common threat to your network. This 60-minute TechWiseTV video on demand from Cisco will show you how botnets work, how attackers hide in plain sight, and how to flush them out. Discover six simple...
- Webcasts 2008-01-10
- FBI crackdown nabs 8 botnet herders
- The FBI today announced the arrest of eight U.S. men accused to hijacking PCs for use in a million-strong botnet that accounted for $20 million in economic loss. In its "Bot Roast II" crackdown, the FBI said it also served 13 search warrants in the U.S. and...
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Norton AntiBot 1.0.1310 (Windows)
- Norton AntiBot provides advanced, real-time protection against emerging threats, including bots that are used to perpetrate identity theft and other online crimes. This powerful new security solution from Symantec detects unusual behavior on your PC and removes the malicious bots causing it. This protects your PC from unauthorized access and...
- Software downloads 2007-08-08
- MySpace CAPTCHA seen as vulnerable
- You know CAPTCHAS. Probably see them every time you register on a website.Standing for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, they are supposed to be a barrier that fast bots cannot defeat. Fast bots that unencumbered, might place all sorts of XXX-rated streaming...
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- Google blasts Web bots: PC big culprit in drive by downloads
- Google blasts Web bots: PC big culprit in drive by downloadsofftopicHi Donna, how can I send you my business plan ? The link on this site is broken.ThxThe law of unintended consequencesAs the security mavens know, the best security you can have is a PC that doesn't have to be...
- Discussion threads 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...
- 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...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- 'Bot herders' may have controlled 1.5 million PCs
- 'Bot herders' may have controlled 1.5 million PCsBut nobody expects the Dutch Inquisitionaren't they too busy making wooden shoes?All posible because of Microsoft. For criminals, it is much easierto hijack computers. We are just lucky these guys were caught.how long would it take 1.5 million computers to...break 128 bit encryption?...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-21
- WormRadar 2.0.0.2 (Windows)
- WormRadar is designed to measure worm and bot prevalence on the Internet. Probe events are captured and reported to WormRadar s Web site, where the results are graphed. If it is allowed, all nodes will synchronize themselves to network time, and all events are reported to the millisecond, UTC. Each...
- Software downloads 2005-02-16
- How to stop viruses? Build a 'killer bot'
- How to stop viruses? Build a 'killer bot'Build security in instead of bolting it onYes, the new breed of virus is getting increasingly sophisticated, as is the new breed of spyware. Virus programmers get better at what they do and Windows boxes are incredibly easy to pork. That's...
- Discussion threads 2004-05-20
- Unreal Tournament 2003 - Trojan bot skin (Windows)
- This is the Trojan bot skin for UT2003.
- Software downloads 2003-10-30
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- 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...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Netgear slammed for doing the right thing
- So Welte is a 30-something who thinks his $hit doesn't stink...big deal.Wow..."Harald Welte has more power than I do, power he has earned over many years with good works."Power? Is that something that makes him special? I doubt it. Is power something that impresses you Dana? I feel sorry for...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
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