Botnet boom and bust Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek … something proactive, something that can sniff out a botnet and take it down. Something like BotSniffer. I….gatech.edu/~guofei/paper/Gu_NDSS08_botSniffer.pdf"]Detecting botnet command and control channels in network traffic[/URL]…and control servers themselves. A double whammy of anti-botnet loveliness. According to the Georgia Tech paper: &… Re: Now Zeus 2 botnet adds client side cookie harvesting Hardware and Software Information Security by Voidz Botnet's suck. I have one on my computer right now. Gotta reinstall Windows. How to destroy a botnet Hardware and Software Information Security by happygeek … with the fallback mechanisms used to keep the botnet alive should they come under attack, FireEye decided…agencies working together with an intent to destroy a botnet. So FireEye contacted ISPs, registries and registrars … challenge methodically, by first preparing enough evidence of botnet activity (including those domains and hosts responsible) to… Return of the Mega-Botnet Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek …. Behind the new wave of spam is the botnet. Security specialists MessageLabs are warning that things can … being botnets once again, or rather a single botnet in this case. MessageLabs has reported activity suggesting …that launched the infamous Netsky virus. Couple the botnet activity with the ability of things like the SpamThru… Zeus (Kneber) Botnet Infection is bad for business Hardware and Software Information Security by newsguy …domains involved in this particular branch of the Zeus botnet have “Hilary Kneber” listed as the domain registrant… and organizations pales in comparison to this single botnet. These large-scale compromises of enterprise networks have…damage already has occurred. Systems compromised by this botnet provide the attackers not only user credentials and … Now Zeus 2 botnet adds client side cookie harvesting Hardware and Software Information Security by happygeek …investigation it would seem that this particualr Zeus 2 botnet is harvesting anything and everything it can get its…. Trusteer was able to gain access to the botnet's drop servers and command and control center containing… ability to monitor the growth and footprint of the botnet complete with detailed statistics and graphs, a search function… BBC uses botnet to hack 22,000 unsuspecting users Hardware and Software by happygeek … stories, the reporters themselves, being involved in acquiring a botnet which hacks into the computers of some 22,000 people…into global cyber crime, they acquired a 'low value botnet' and then spammed users in order to get them infected…with an intention to demonstrate the collective power of the botnet when in the hands of criminals, and it itself… The botnet stripped naked and exposed Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek Have you ever wondered exactly how a botnet works? A wotnet, you ask? A botnet, I say. You know, the thing that … are you ever so slightly curious as to how a botnet works, how it does the Borg thing and assimilates your…;http://www.viruslist.com/en/analysis?pubid=204792003"]The Botnet Business[/URL] at Viruslist.com "It's the spammers… Fake UPS invoices deliver Pushdo botnet package Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek … from the web, this new attack utilises the Pushdo botnet to distribute fake UPS invoices requiring printing in order to…ringing. Which is just as well considering that the Pushdo botnet is currently estimated to include some 125,000 compromised computers…’s statistics. Indeed, Pushdo is currently the fourth largest botnet in terms of spam volume... Linux boxes make ideal botnet controllers Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek … pretty much ideal for being compromised for use as a botnet controller, ironically more often than not being in control of… your help to determine just how prominent these Linux based botnet controllers are. In order to do this he is asking… How to tell your computer is a part of a botnet? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by johnroach1985 … how I can find out if I am in a botnet or not... As protection I am using spybot, nod32, windowsXP… Re: How to tell your computer is a part of a botnet? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by johnroach1985 Yeah but this is mostly about spamming...is spamming same with being a part of a botnet? Re: Now Zeus 2 botnet adds client side cookie harvesting Hardware and Software Information Security by kp52 Useful to know this threat exists, but even more useful would be: what can we do to avoid it? Re: BBC uses botnet to hack 22,000 unsuspecting users Hardware and Software by jbennet The BBC are gonna get in trouble The computer misuse act is quite strict. Re: How to tell your computer is a part of a botnet? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by hughv I signed up with Project Honey Pot, which sends me a weekly monitor report. [url]http://www.projecthoneypot.org/[/url] Re: How to tell your computer is a part of a botnet? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by hughv That's what botnets are for: to send SPAM using someone else's address. In my case, I 've set it to monitor my own IP address and LAN. Battle of the botnets Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek …rent time on these mega botnets, and the bigger the botnet, the bigger its capacity to distribute spam, the more…there has been some success in dealing with high profile botnet related security incidents, including the 57 month prison term …lambs get jail time, the gang bosses and the real botnet builders will continue to prosper. Until, that is, law… Your naked video reveals a bot behind the email Hardware and Software Hardware by happygeek …as part of the globally spamming and malware infecting Srizbi botnet instead. Srizbi is the biggest of all spam-sending botnets…others have also described Srizbi as the world's largest botnet for good reason. It is built with some 315,000…that. It is also more than double the next biggest botnet in terms of its spam volume. We have observed … Holy Bouncing Autonomous Intelligent Botnets Batman Hardware and Software Information Security by newsguy … Intelligence 2009[/URL] report suggests that the shutdown of botnet hosting ISPs such as McColo towards the end of 2008…Real Host in August this year didn't destroy the botnet threat but rather simply made those behind them re-… target computer which then could be used to deploy other botnet malware, adware or spyware onto the victim’s computer.… Security Report Shows Many Holes Yet to be Plugged Hardware and Software Networking by APatrizio …in PDF attacks alone, thanks in part to a botnet called Zeus.[ATTACH]16917[/ATTACH]Botnets are a massive …out spam to launch other malware attacks. The Zeus botnet monitors Internet traffic on the infected PC and reports information…to collect bank account information. An update to the botnet this year gave it new life to cause considerable … One year on, Raspberry Pi hit by more DDoS attacks: coincidence? Hardware and Software Hardware by happygeek … took the form of a significant SYN flood from a botnet with about a million nodes. To be honest, botnets are… crossing our fingers and hoping that whoever is pointing their botnet at us will get bored and wander off. It's… a *big* botnet. We've been seeing a DDoS that's roughly 110Mbps… Game Over: Battlefield 3 DDoS attack Programming Game Development by happygeek … getting hit by the DDoS'ers, and that's simply botnet testing before rolling out financially lucrative attacks against the banks…March, I was told by security researchers that the Brobot botnet was being used to attack online RPGs rather than the…some evidence that they were hit by the same Brobot botnet being used by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber… Re: Battle of the botnets Hardware and Software Networking by shamgar … lambs get jail time, the gang bosses and the real botnet builders will continue to prosper. Until, that is, law enforcement… Windows users click on advert offering to infect PC for free Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek … prevent them from doing so. No wonder, then, that the botnet problem remains so great, that spam continues to grow in… have infected hundreds of computers and set up a rentable botnet as a result. Stevens is quick to point out [URL… DDoS for sale Hardware and Software Information Security by newsguy … devastating attack provided they have the money to buy the botnet time. The concern being that not only does it remove….daniweb.com/blogs/entry3487.html"]a viable DDoS attack botnet[/URL] to rent one for an hour or two. Other… Is Linux, not Windows, to blame for spam epidemic? Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by happygeek … Russian Federation and India are have the highest number of botnet infected machines in the world. It also further reveals that… Rustock has surpassed Cutwail as the biggest botnet in terms of spam volume, although it has reduced the… Battling Botnets Batman! Hardware and Software Information Security by newsguy … in Fortinet’s Top 10 Network Attacks list, the Sasfis botnet ranking was bolstered by two of its executables prevalent in…’s Antivirus Top 10 listing. Like Bredolab, Sasfis is a botnet loader that reports statistics and retrieves/executes files upon check… WARNING: Bogus tax collection botnets in the wild Hardware and Software Information Security by happygeek …"]financial malware protection specialist Trusteer[/URL] of just one botnet, specific to the UK market, it was actively looking for… people can pay their income tax and VAT online. This botnet had details of more than 10,000 victims and included… Fighting a 25 million packets-per-second DDoS attack Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek … 'high risk e-commerce industry' has been targeted by a botnet which launched a DDoS attack of unprecedented magnitude. According to… at its peak. Prolexic were able to determine that the botnet being used by the attacker consisted of no less than… Who is rooting your Android? Programming Mobile Development by happygeek … 2011 were: [LIST=1] [*][B]Geinimi[/B] Android's first botnet, which sends a victim's geographic location and controls his… that the malware directs it to. [*][B]DroidKungFu[/B] Another botnet that has multiple capabilities such as remotely installing other malware…