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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 malicious purposes. [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, director of malware research for... [07 May 2008]
Security threats revealed: Beware the metasploit
News While not new, the development of botnets remains a big security concern because the "fast flux" approach used by attackers to protect their robotic networks is making the life of botnet investigators difficult. [09 Apr 2008]
Europe dishing out more spam than US
News The largest botnet sending spam is Storm, said Sjostedt. A is for Antivirus Sjostedt said: "We've moved away from traditional, individual spammers, to loosely tied groups of spam senders, malware coders and people selling access to botnets. [07 Feb 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. Heralding the beginning of the botnet phenomenon, Sobig was rapidly followed by a whole host of imitators such as MyDoom, Netsky... [19 Nov 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]
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, this particular Trojan horse seeds a botnet... [23 Jan 2007]
US hacker gets five years in the slammer
News Ancheta advertised his zombie network - or botnet - on his own website called botz4sale. However, the antivirus community remains sceptical about the likelihood of significant co-operation between international law enforcement. [09 May 2006]
Virus warning: Bagle variant has alarming attack strategy
News The final part of the triumvirate is a second Trojan, called Win32.Mitglieder, which disables firewalls and antivirus software, further lowering the shields, and then hijacks the infected PC for use as part of a botnet. [03 Jun 2005]
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