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White Paper A zombie is a computer that has been compromised by attackers, typically for the purpose of sending spam e-mail and viruses to literally millions of recipients. Today's hackers (the "zombie masters") have become so sophisticated that they have... [10 Apr 2008]
Zombies: The Digital Undead
White Paper A zombie is a computer that has been compromised by attackers, typically for the purpose of sending spam e-mail and viruses to literally millions of recipients. Today's hackers (the "zombie masters") have become so sophisticated that they have... [13 Mar 2007]
Zombies: Oz takes the fight to ISPs
News These so-called zombie computers have been compromised by hackers, a computer virus, or a Trojan horse, and perform malicious tasks of one sort or another, under the direction of the hacker. Many owners of zombie computers are unaware that their... [08 Nov 2005]
US hacker gets five years in the slammer
News Jeanson James Ancheta, 21, from California, rented out space on this zombie network of compromised machines for the sending of spam and malware, and also for launching denial of service attacks. Ancheta advertised his zombie network - or botnet... [09 May 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.05.04
Round-Up First, it was banks of zombie PCs, poised to unleash denial of service annihilation in the next wave of hacker hostilities (find out more - if you dare - here). This week - and hence the tenuous shopping mall-zombie intro - it’s the use of... [21 May 2004]
Microsoft virus 'bounty hunter' warns of never-ending battle
News One of the biggest security threats today are the armies of 'zombie' PCs that have been hijacked by criminals using backdoor Trojans to gain remote control of a user's computer. A botnet - a network of zombie PCs - can then be used to send spam or... [01 Mar 2006]
Spy worm spreads over instant messaging
News Tim Hartman, systems engineer director of Symantec in the Asia-Pacific region and Japan, said Kirvo worked in tandem with Spybot and the malware author's zombie army to seek out and infect more computers. [22 Jul 2005]
Word up! Explore the lexicon of tech
News T to Z: Tag cloud to Zombie T to Z: Tag cloud to Zombie T to Z: Tag cloud to Zombie T to Z: Tag cloud to Zombie Next page: T to Z: Tag cloud to Zombie T to Z: Tag cloud to Zombie Zombie - An internet-connected PC that is being remotely controlled... [24 Nov 2006]
RFID: The tags that would not die
Comment More zombie than normal chip - alive but not capable of doing anything without being activated. There are indeed uses being touted for zombie tags. Businesses are all too keen to talk up the potential of radio frequency ID (RFID) while privacy... [17 May 2004]
Criminal IT: The crime you can still get away with
Comment If you launch your attack by using zombie bots on multiple computers in a 'distributed denial of service' then you will have accessed those zombie computers and you will have modified them. Fortunately, says Neil Barrett, that is set to change... [28 Apr 2005]
Webcast: Zombies: The Digital Undead
White Paper Like the living dead, armies of "zombie" computers are disrupting corporate networks and sucking the life out of business-critical systems around the world. Zombies strike fear into the hearts of IT personnel responsible for maintenance of... [12 Dec 2007]
Webcast: Zombies: The Digital Undead
White Paper Like the living dead, armies of "zombie" computers are disrupting corporate networks and sucking the life out of business-critical systems around the world. Zombies strike fear into the hearts of IT personnel responsible for maintenance of... [12 Dec 2007]
Managing Complexity with Integrated Message Management
White Paper While the rapid and continued evolution of email threats such as directory harvesting, phishing and zombie attacks have been well publicized in the past year, the newest messaging threat stems from the widespread use of Instant Messaging (IM) by... [20 Mar 2008]
Alert over Spybot worm
News A computer taken by such a bot is popularly referred to as a 'zombie PC'. An updated variant of a malicious bot program is spreading via a flaw in Symantec's antivirus software as well as through several holes in Microsoft code. [30 Nov 2006]
Spammers' ISP attacks 'all hype and bluster'
News Although the zombie drone problem is very serious, there are solutions out there for ISPs that will minimise the effects of zombie PCs sending out tons of spam. Earlier this week Steve Linford, director of Spamhaus, warned that email... [07 Feb 2005]
