Botnets boost click-fraud rate Digital Media Digital Marketing Search Engine Strategies by happygeek …Interestingly though, and for the first time, the traffic from botnets was responsible for more than 25 percent of all click…said Tom Cuthbert, president of Click Forensics. “The threat from botnets is the biggest concern as they have grown to cause… should be extra vigilant in watching for traffic from botnets in their search marketing campaigns.” Battle of the botnets Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek …territory and control. Control, that is, of the botnets behind the malware distribution networks that they rent out … party computers to create the biggest of mega zombie botnets. To accomplish this, the gangs behind the Bagle,…with the same thing, creating spam harvesting and distribution botnets. “This brought the three groups into conflict with … Battling Botnets Batman! Hardware and Software Information Security by newsguy Last year security vendors were warning that botnets were not only not dead, but bouncing back …URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/post1080975.html"]botnets would become autonomous and intelligent[/URL], with each node …URL] from Fortinet would suggest that botnets are alive and well, with multiple botnets showing a worrying level of high … Holy Bouncing Autonomous Intelligent Botnets Batman Hardware and Software Information Security by newsguy ….daniweb.com/news/post975935.html"]the year that botnets died[/URL], well think again Batman, it was…="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story238033.html"]botnets[/URL] will become autonomous intelligent, with each node … Cutwail, Mega-D, Rustock and handful of other botnets already have control of upwards of five million compromised … Re: Holy Bouncing Autonomous Intelligent Botnets Batman Hardware and Software Information Security by AnonymousHoward > Holy Bouncing Autonomous Intelligent Botnets Batman This takes the prize for Best Security Headline of 2009, IMO :) Good Job! WARNING: Bogus tax collection botnets in the wild Hardware and Software Information Security by happygeek … collectors want your money as well, and now they have botnets helping them. [attach]15770[/attach]According to a recent analysis… for good measure. Connect the dots and the fact that botnets are actively targeting HMRC login data and the 31st July… BBC uses botnet to hack 22,000 unsuspecting users Hardware and Software by happygeek …URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2838.html"]botnets boost click-fraud rates[/URL], how [URL="http…://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2838.html"]botnets control sex spam zombies[/URL], how the cyber-criminals … not sure what this particular exercise proves other than botnets are bad and DDoS attacks are bad. The BBC… How to destroy a botnet Hardware and Software Information Security by happygeek Botnets are, without any shadow of a doubt, one of the [….co.uk/blogs/daveyw/2009/09/30/death-taxes-and-botnets/"]biggest scourges[/URL] of IT security today. From sending…/story238033.html"]launching DDoS attacks[/URL] and distributing malware, botnets can be found [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs… Zeus (Kneber) Botnet Infection is bad for business Hardware and Software Information Security by newsguy Botnets are bad for business, and that's the bottom line. … Re: Battle of the botnets Hardware and Software Networking by shamgar [QUOTE]You can be sure that while sacrificial lambs get jail time, the gang bosses and the real botnet builders will continue to prosper. Until, that is, law enforcement, the judiciary and governments around the world start to take the spam problem as seriously as they do the drugs one. [/QUOTE] You've got to be kidding. Yes, that's a great … Re: Battle of the botnets Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek And your solution is? Re: Battle of the botnets Hardware and Software Networking by ravloony Oh come on. Install a real operating system everywhere and the problem will disappear on its own. That's the battle we should be fighting, not expecting the law to step in. Re: Battle of the botnets Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek Your username suits you :) Re: Battle of the botnets Hardware and Software Networking by Infarction >Oh come on. Install a real operating system everywhere >and the problem will disappear on its own. That's the battle we >should be fighting, not expecting the law to step in. Great idea. Got one handy? And are you sure it'll never be compromised? Not to mention that user applications also need to be secure; viruses don't only attack … Re: Battling Botnets Batman! Hardware and Software Information Security by jollyscoden023 - This thread is just superb ! PDF Spam - a Step ahead of Image Spam Hardware and Software Networking by Michael_Knight …hacking attacks. Computer criminals had also been using botnets for money-making schemes, such as stealing credit…per-click advertising companies. Seeing huge potential in botnets, spammers started financing hackers to make use of…industry noticed correlations between the spam industry and botnets. Not only were malware writers allowing spammers … Return of the Mega-Botnet Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek … a worrying acceleration. The cause of the worry being botnets once again, or rather a single botnet in this… why the mega-botnet is causing concern. The smaller botnets are usually hired out in a piecemeal fashion, available …evidence) this Trojan does its work all but unnoticed. Botnets are quite possibly the biggest threat we face at the… Botnet boom and bust Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek … of money can be made by hackers running zombie botnets: installing adware, renting out the network to launch …for tell-tale command and control channels used by botnets. The Georgia Tech researchers have been testing it in…control channels lay at the very heart of the botnets' ability to move instructions around the widely distributed infected… The botnet stripped naked and exposed Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek … that another option for making money illegally using botnets is "based on leasing them or selling… entire networks. Creating botnets for sale is also a lucrative criminal business."…. Kamlyuk concludes, somewhat worryingly, that what makes botnets ever more dangerous is that they are becoming increasingly… Is Linux, not Windows, to blame for spam epidemic? Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by happygeek …but adding "spam not identified as coming from botnets was seen in lower proportions coming from Windows machines than… 84 percent of spam is now spewed forth by botnets. According to the latest [URL="http://www.…MessageLabs Intelligence Report[/URL] for April 2010, just five botnets are responsible for distributing 90% of the spam in … Infected website hall of hosting shame Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek …criminal gangs continue to build bigger and more valuable zombie botnets, as click happy users visit these sites and pick… fraud as well as control computer resources to create botnets that are used to distribute more infected spam and …launch denial of service attacks. Botnets can be rented out on an hourly basis, earning … Non-Latin domain names predicted to cause trouble in 2010 Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek … by obfuscating the destination of posted links. 7. Botnets Grow in Sophistication Botnets continue to be a major problem, driving the majority… of spam output and mass Web site attacks. Botnets have moved away from traditional IRC-based command and control… Re: Is Linux, not Windows, to blame for spam epidemic? Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by cwrinn Not to mention the question of user intent. I'd be willing to wager more Windows users (per capita) do not intend to be sending spam, but malware is sending it for them, without their knowledge, whereas the Linux users are more likely intentionally running those botnets. Re: Is Linux, not Windows, to blame for spam epidemic? Hardware and Software Linux and Unix by jwenting Another factor to consider is that almost all computers CONTROLLING botnets and almost all compromised webservers acting as sources for trojans and malware that infect Windows machines DO run Linux. So Linux machines are the actual source of the problem, the Windows machines are victims as much as are the receivers of the spam. Twitter a possible virus conduit Digital Media Digital Marketing by MktgRob Just read on mashable how hackers are using things called botnets to insert code into tweets that carry computer virus from PC to PC. Does anyone know if there are already any protections available for botnets? Is cybercrime better than drug dealing? Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek … recommendations on the solutions front were practical enough: dealing with botnets needs a smarter government procurement response, international cooperation must improve…"]testimony[/URL], Amoroso argues that service providers cannot stop botnets alone and says that those agencies which run their own… Malware hosting trends exposed Hardware and Software Information Security by happygeek …/blogs/daveyw/2009/09/30/death-taxes-and-botnets/"]bad news about botnets[/URL], which appear to be have well and… Trick or Treat Security Scares Hardware and Software Information Security by happygeek …="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24603/1231/"]botnets[/URL]. Most of this would appear to be pointing towards…-bird approach is an attempt to compete with the other botnets and get in early to maximize their chances of success… DDoS for sale Hardware and Software Information Security by newsguy … the growth of DDoS as a service, whereby cybercriminals offer botnets capable of launching such attacks to the highest bidder is… the biggest worry. "These botnets are capable of knocking even some of the most-protected… Breaking: The 4.5 Billion Russian Web Data Heist Programming Web Development by happygeek … Security says, with the gang gaining access to data from botnets which identified SQL vulnerabilities on the sites they visited. "… secured sites, preventable vulnerabilities that aren’t patched, and automated botnets to exploit them yielding massive troves of identity data suitable…