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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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- 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
- 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
- Can Trend Micro's botnet identification service make a difference?
- Trend Micro today rolled out its SecureCloud software-as-a-service platform with a new Botnet Identification Service BIS to help find botnet command-and-control servers and block communications between them and the zombie PCs they control.Geared towards ISPs and enterprise customers, the botnet ID service can be used to block communication to/from command-and-control...
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- 'Operation Bot Roast' nets million-strong botnet operation
- 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,...
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- Pump-and-dump bot war?
- Security researchers are seeing signs of gang warfare among pump-and-dump spam scammers.In one scenario spotted by Websense Security Labs, two separate spam runs were launched earlier this week, attempting to lure targets into buying a penny stock.It was the usual image spam that included a Web forum component where the...
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
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- News to know: Skype; reCAPTCHA; Oracle Q1; Zune HD; Bing
- 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. Sam Diaz: Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype sale Dave Greenfield: Skype Founders Sue eBay and...
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- 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
- BotMiner: Clustering Analysis of Network Traffic for Protocol- and Structure-Independent Botnet Detection
- Botnets are now the key platform for many Internet attacks, such as spam, Distributed Denial-of-Service DDoS, identity theft, and phishing. Most of the current botnet detection approaches work only on specific botnet Command and Control (C&C) protocols (e.g., IRC) and structures (e.g., centralized), and can become ineffective as botnets change...
- White papers 2008-05-10
- Online thieves worse than 1960s Mafia
- Online thieves worse than 1960s MafiaCompletely different situationThe current situation is completely different. In the '60's the Mafia was basically a U.S. thing. Also, one reason why it had grown was J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI. Hoover was a fanatic about keeping the FBI "pristine",...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- RSA finds new malware enhanced phishing technique
- RSA said Monday that it discovered a new phishing technique that uses elements of a malware attack to swipe personal information. The discovery illustrates a series of attacks from the Rock Phish group, which is a gang reportedly based in Russia that has been targeting financial institutions...
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victims
- Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victimsEven with best practices and techniques, I still delete phishing e-mails.Sorry, won't happen. I'm happy to outsmart phishers! :)Tiny URLsI'm surprised that none of the phishers have yet to discover services like Tiny URL.just need a new programto track down the phishers and dump...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-03
- Know Phish, Go Phish?
- Know Phish, Go Phish?I sometimes follow themand then fill them in with "nastyisms". A while back, I used to fill them in with "valid" information I made up with a known bad card to cause them a lot of work only to be blocked, but found out that even...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- Report: U.S. most prolific source of online attacks
- Report: U.S. most prolific source of online attackswhat does Symantec know about VirusesSymantec could not detect a threat if it bit them in the ass. I use Norton Internet security and all it does is slow my pc down. It never detects a threat before it infects my pc. So...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-19
- SANS names top hacker targets
- SANS names top hacker targetsSANS names top hacker targetsWhen you are the top dog its only natural for people to want to attack you. Its ok, Microsoft stood up very well against the attacks that targeted their OS and I'm thankful for that. More market share means more...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-15
- More on ending SPAM
- Number five in my top five VC proposals Id like to write blog from a few weeks ago was a proposal on ending SPAM. Frequent contributor CobraA1 challenged me on this: Youll have to explain this in detail - Im not sure I see...
- Blog posts 2006-11-08
- The secret of phishers' success
- The secret of phishers' successPhishingPhishing can be easily avoided by users by many ways. The good emails are almost impossible to tell that it is phishing, but no business will send you attachments through email. Also don't follow any links contained in an email go to the site yourself. Its...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-03
- SPAM, Phishing, and other trash transmissions
- SPAM, Phishing, and other trash transmissionsLosing your soul?Stooping to the level of hackers by intentionally creating DOS attacks is very troubling. The poor soul who's PC was hijacked into being a bot is the one that pays - like REAL money for a professional to clean his machine. I would...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-11
- Spam, phishing and other trash transmissions
- One Nick FitzGerald, a long time PC security researcher, has been making the news lately with a paper dedicated to the proposition that user authentication isn't all that effective as a means of stopping spam, phishing, and other forms of junk TCP/IP transmissions. Here's the summary provided by Virus Bulletin:...
- Blog posts 2005-10-11
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