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Botnet: roBOT NETwork Also called a "zombie army," a botnet is a large number of compromised computers that are used to create and send spam or viruses or flood a...; Full Botnet Definition >>

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Botnets: The New Threat Landscape: A botnet is an army of compromised machines, also known as "Zombies," that are under the command and control of a single "Botmaster." The rise of consumer broadband has greatly increased the power of botnets to launch crippling Denial of Service DoS attacks on servers, infect millions of computers with...; Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Attack, Botnets, Botnet, Security, Cyberthreats, Productivity, Viruses And Worms; White papers 2007-12-01
Who should bear the burden of de-fanging botnets?: Who should bear the burden of de-fanging botnets?A little logical sleight-of-hand thereJust because end users don't "feel" responsible doesn't mean they aren't responsible. They allowed their machines to get infected, so they should bear the cost of disinfection. This is not a tragedy of the commons, it's plain and simple...; Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Operating systems, Windows dominance, Windows Machines, botnet, de-fanging botnet, Internet Service Provider, malware, operating system, End Users; Discussion threads 2007-11-27
F-Secure sees smaller botnets on the rise: F-Secure sees smaller botnets on the riseBotnets controlling botnetsSo if I have botnets controlling my botnets... are my botnets really smaller?; Tags: botnet, F-Secure Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-10-02
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
'Operation Bot Roast' nets million-strong botnet operation: 'Operation Bot Roast' nets million-strong botnet operationAgain , Ye , I ask what is your take on the botnets ?You didn't answer me before . So now I ask again . What is your take on the Microsoft botnet ? Remember this is only one botnet taken down , most...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, INTERNET, Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, NETWORKING, whole Internet, botnet, Operation Bot Roast, Att.net; Discussion threads 2007-06-13

'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,...; Tags: Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Privacy, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets; Blog posts 2007-06-13
DNS root server attack launched from Germany: 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...; Tags: DNS, botnet, bot; Discussion threads 2007-02-22
Declaring war on botnets: This mornings New York Times carried a John Markoff article on the growing threat of zombie networks. Internet crimes are on the increase and botnets, large networks of computers that have been compromised by hackers and turned to the hackers purposes are increasingly the tool of choice. ...; Tags: General, Security, Web Technology, Polls, Linux, Microsoft, botnet, computer, Internet; Blog posts 2007-01-08
Botnet drama: database theft, IM attacks, financial fraud: Botnet drama: database theft, IM attacks, financial fraudThere will always be a need...for Suzi Turner and everyone else who fights malware. The sad reality is that most people are bothered when I try to discuss the need for updating definitions, installing firewalls, or patching the OS. And these...; Tags: Instant messaging, database theft, IM Attacks, BotNet, financial fraud, IM, financial, database; Discussion threads 2006-03-16
Botnet drama: database theft, IM attacks, financial fraud: 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...; Tags: BotNet; Blog posts 2006-03-15
Live in action: botnet, fake Windows sites and keylogger: This has been occupying a lot of my attention since Friday. It started off with a message at my SpywareWarrior forum from Adam Piggott of Proactive Computing, about a spam email screenshot he received purporting to be from Microsoft. The email had a link to a supposed Windows update site,...; Tags: trojan horse, trojan downloader; Blog posts 2006-03-12
Hax0rs, botnets and adware: Brian Krebs of the Washington Post has published a fascinating and powerful piece about botnets and some of the individuals behind them. Krebs interviewed a 21 year old man using the online name 0x80 who was making around $6,800 a month by taking control of unprotected computers with a worm...; Tags: Brian Krebs, botnet; Blog posts 2006-02-18

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Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers: From Russia with political love? It appears so according to a deeper analysis of the command and control servers used by the attackers. During the weekend, Georgia President's web site was under a distributed denial of service attack which managed to take it offline for a couple of hours. The...; Tags: Web, Russia, Server, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Russian, Shadowserver, C&C, C&C Server, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Spam coming from free email providers increasing: After analyzing three weeks of spam data between June 13 to July 3, 2008, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. found evidence that spam originating from the top three free email providers (Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail) is increasing, with spammers in favor of abusing Gmail's privacy preserving feature of not including...; Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Gmail, Free Email Company, Anti-spam, Spammer, E-mail Company, IP, Service, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-18
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
My Awesome IT Job: Chief architect, The Hive: Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here's a new Friday feature at The IT Grind showcasing IT professionals that love their work....; Tags: Information Technology, Chief Architect, Hobby, Home Entertainment, Scripting Languages, Productivity, Strategy, Programming Languages, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Management, Software Development, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-07-11
News to know: iPhone 3G launch; Vista; Botnets; Dial-up diaries: Notable headlines: The iPhone 3G rollout: Assessing the wild cards Steve O'Hear: Gallery: 25+ social networking apps for iPhone and iPod touch. Gallery right. Analyst: Most iPhone 3G buyers will pay more than $199 GigaOm: I Can't...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Vista, 3G, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-11
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
Verizon, Telecom Italia, and Brasil Telecom top the botnet charts in Q2 of 2008: When was the last time you heard something in the lines of "We do our best to protect our customers from the threats posed by..." ? In reality though, the statement should end up like "protect our customers from the threats posed by the rest of our customers". China may...; Tags: Telecom Italia, Verizon Communications Inc., Internet Service Provider, Malware, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-10
Storm Worm's Independence Day campaign: Storm Worm's Independence Day campaignplease put in jail the owner of these sites!please put in jail the owners of these sites:dayfireworkssite.comthefireworksjuly.comwholefireworksonline.comyourfireworks.comyourfireworksstore.com"wannabe botnet masters"... Grow up, Dancho.Putting down those whom are part of the subject of your post makes you look like a myspace kid. And yes, the irony is demonstrative.RE:...; Tags: Independence Day campaign, Independence Day, Storm Worm; Discussion threads 2008-07-06