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		<title><![CDATA[Towards Next-Generation Botnets]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1021143]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spamming vendor launches managed spamming service]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1899]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:04:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FBI crackdown nabs 8 botnet herders]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=698]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:52:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can Trend Micro's botnet identification service make a difference?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=409]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:37:58 -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[Pump-and-dump bot war?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=17]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:43:57 -0800</pubDate>
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