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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]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment Scott O'Neal oversees the FBI's response to computer hacking and botnet attacks by criminals, terrorists and foreign powers. How home users are fuelling the botnet networks People are not doing the basics, using antivirus software, downloading... [15 Apr 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. P is for Passwords Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets C is for CMA D is for DDoS [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. P is for Passwords The voice is heavily distorted to avoid detection by signature... [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 The zombie army can be controlled remotely with the botnet creators usually trying to build the largest possible botnet of compromised computers to rent out to gangs for as little as $100 for a couple of hours. [28 Sep 2007]
Spam storm needs ISP action, urges security chief
News At that time botnet activity switched dramatically from China to Europe within around six minutes, he said. This means more UK homes and businesses are operating compromised PCs which - as well as sending vast volumes of spam - could potentially be... [14 Mar 2007]
Lycos email scam hides nasty Trojan
News According to Paul Wood, chief information analyst at MessageLabs, such botnet capacity can be rented out for around $10 per hour and "provides enough combined computing power and bandwidth to spam almost every email address imaginable". [08 Dec 2004]
