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Warning: The Storm still rages on
News Security vendor Symantec has warned that the Storm worm, the malware which contributes to the Storm botnet, is continuing to evolve and now has two further possible avenues of attack. Storm researcher Jon Stewart, director of malware research for... [07 May 2008]
Botnets: 'We're screwed', warn security experts
News The botnet problem is getting worse, with no obvious solution in sight, according to Joe Telafici, VP of Avert Operation at McAfee. But Matthew Fine, supervisory special agent with the FBI, said the fact criminals are now going to jail for botnet... [10 Apr 2008]
Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet
News A major UK gambling business has warned that all commercial websites are at risk from a new type of unstoppable and undetectable botnet denial of service attack. Attackers disguised the build up of traffic from up to 30,000 PC and Apple Mac botnet... [06 Mar 2008]
Europe dishing out more spam than US
News The largest botnet sending spam is Storm, said Sjostedt. C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets European spam networks have pumped out more unsolicited mail than the US for the third month in a... [07 Feb 2008]
Police close in on NZ botnet ringleader
News New Zealand police have cracked down on an alleged botnet ringleader in New Zealand, who the FBI claims had illegal control over one million computers. Since Operation Bot Roast was announced last June, eight individuals have been indicted, pled... [03 Dec 2007]
Pump-and-dump MP3 email spam warning
News David Vella, product manager for GFI Software, told silicon.com: "We think it is running through zombie botnet hijacked PCs which are sending this type of new spam. C is for CMA The MP3 attachments, which range from around 85KB to 147KB in size... [19 Oct 2007]
Storm botnet 'services' for hire?
News The owners of the Storm botnet, whose identities are as yet unknown, could be preparing to sell off the "services" of segments of the network, according to Joe Stewart, a researcher from managed security services company SecureWorks. [17 Oct 2007]
Cyber criminals building more but smaller botnets
News Computers infected with a virus unknowingly become 'zombies' in a botnet - which is a network used to send out spam and to mount further attacks on other machines. The zombie army can be controlled remotely with the botnet creators usually trying... [28 Sep 2007]
Teen gets five years for DDoS attacks
News He then organised them into a botnet, and targeted two companies that sold sports clothing online. In the UK, the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) does not include the specific crime of launching a DDoS attack. [18 Aug 2005]
