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Botnets: The New Threat Landscape
White Paper A botnet is an army of compromised machines, also known as "Zombies," that are under the command and control of a single "Botmaster. It is easy to commission botnet attack services and hackers are... [13 Jun 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News These threats can cause substantial damage, by acting as backdoors for hackers to access personal and confidential information from the PC or for the PC to become integrated into a botnet and be used for... [21 May 2008]
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,... [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... [10 Apr 2008]
Botnet Threats and Solutions: Phishing
White Paper This white paper examines the existence of and interactions within the botnet ecosystem that enables phishing - a fraudulent type of spam - and the ensuing damage. Off late malicious attacks involving... [29 Mar 2008]
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
Comment By using commercial-grade software products called botnet herders, gangs are able to use the botnet to send out spam. The arrival of botnet Trojans was very much a product of its age.... [19 Nov 2007]
Storm Worm still evolving - Symantec
News The Storm botnet was initially created at the beginning of 2007, when the Storm worm was sent out via spam, hiding in email attachments with a subject line of "230 dead as storm batters Europe". To streamline the worm... [05 Nov 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... [17 Oct 2007]
Malicious code getting harder to spot
News He has spotted an encoded script function called "makemelaugh" that downloads a Trojan horse that captures bank information and a Paris Hilton Flash animation that installs a tool that makes a PC part of a botnet. [19 Apr 2007]
Worst week for viruses in a year?
News Ultimately, computers infected with this virus become unknowing "zombies" in a botnet that are used to send out spam and further the attacks. subject lines that contained a dot-zip file full of malicious... [16 Apr 2007]
Virus alert as Storm Worm rages on
News The compromised machine becomes a zombie in a network called a botnet. Most botnets are currently controlled through a central server, which - if found - can be taken down to destroy the botnet. However,... [23 Jan 2007]
Warning over 'Storm Worm' email
News Over an eight-hour period yesterday, the worm sent malicious emails across the globe to hundreds of thousands of people, who unknowingly were part of a botnet, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer... [19 Jan 2007]
Alert over Spybot worm
News It can be used by miscreants as part of a network of bots, or 'botnet', to relay spam and launch cyber attacks. An updated variant of a malicious bot program is spreading via a flaw in Symantec's... [30 Nov 2006]
Virus alert: AIM worm on the loose
News After a user's system is infected, it becomes part of a botnet - a group of computers controlled remotely to distribute such malicious attacks as viruses or Trojans. A new AOL instant-messaging worm is... [20 Sep 2006]
Windows attack worm warning
News It said: "That sounds drastic.but it gets rid of the worm, gets rid of the botnet, and plus you have a brand new box. There are now six variants of malicious code that exploit the vulnerability, Symantec... [01 Sep 2006]
