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RSS botnetsBeware the insider security threat
News B is for Botnets Security experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last week warned of all manner of threats ranging from botnets to metasploit attacks. Employees and insiders are bigger threats to corporate security than external... [17 Apr 2008]
BT busts zombies and spammers
News The Content Forensics system, which was developed by StreamShield Networks, is designed to combat professional spammers as well as botnets - rogue software that infects computers and transforms them into spam-generating networks. [12 Oct 2006]
Europe dishing out more spam than US
News B is for Botnets While most spam relays are in Europe, botnets are global phenomena, Sjostedt pointed out. Sjostedt said: "We've moved away from traditional, individual spammers, to loosely tied groups of spam senders, malware coders and people... [07 Feb 2008]
Spam storm needs ISP action, urges security chief
News The session, which follows the submission of a written response, coincides with claims the number of compromised PCs - known as botnets - in the UK has tripled over the past year. Speaking about the growing problem of botnets and the deluge of spam... [14 Mar 2007]
Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet
News B is for Botnets Bassill said: "This is a very worrying step we have seen in botnets, we have no way of responding to this without working with law enforcement. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [06 Mar 2008]
Spammers dust off their botnet passports
News But as these networks - called botnets - get cleaned up, so they must be replaced. Greater redundancy - botnets lying dormant - and greater geographical diversity can also make botnets more effective. [26 Jul 2006]
Cyber criminals turn pro
News Symantec data also showed that 52,771 computers were being infected by botnets per day during the period - an increase of 17 per cent on the previous six months. B is for Botnets That's according to the latest Internet Security Threat Report from... [17 Sep 2007]
Zombie armies are shrinking, says security guru
News The move to pint-size botnets helps malicious attackers have more success in delaying detection of their illicit zombie networks, Sunner said. Maksym Schipka, a senior antivirus researcher at MessageLabs, noted that two other issues have also... [17 Nov 2005]
The A to Z of security
News B is for Botnets Botnets B is for Botnets B is for Botnets B is for Botnets B is for Botnets Capacity on botnets is rented out to criminal gangs or individuals for as little as $100 for a couple of hours by their creator - often a very commercially... [14 Nov 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Report from spam hell
Comment There are even wholesalers of botnets. Botnets, that's what. We need the same for botnets and spam. From the first time I used email up to the present it has been one of my primary business tools. Not only does it afford me access to vast numbers... [19 Feb 2007]
Is latest can of worms a cyber-crime turf war?
News Criminals have typically organised these hijacked systems in networks called "botnets". These botnets are rented out to relay spam and launch phishing scams, which attempt to steal sensitive personal data for fraud. [18 Aug 2005]
How the good guys fight the security arms race
News B is for Botnets Those threats from things like botnets that once might have been a silly academic exercise have become a real issue. B is for Botnets As CTO at security company RSA, Hartman is responsible for defining the corporate security... [15 Feb 2008]
ISPs urged to clean up the internet
News Home users such as those on Telewest's Blueyonder service are sending hundreds of thousands of emails daily - unwitting recruits into 'botnets', or networks of compromised machines. Clearswift's Simpson said: "The ISPs could close down these... [28 Apr 2005]
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
Comment The botnets grew too quickly, were difficult for them to control and were large blips on the radar screens of the antivirus vendors. Botnets gave them the anonymity they required and the increasing penetration of always-on home broadband networks... [19 Nov 2007]
Analysis: A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime
Comment Criminals care little for where their botnets are located, as long as they are connected to a broadband connection which can be abused. This isn't to say that compromised PCs - or botnets - are solely a US problem, far from it. [09 May 2006]
