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- Botnets: The New Threat Landscape
- A botnet is an army of compromised machines, also known as "Zombies," that are under the command and control of a single "Botmaster." The rise of consumer broadband has greatly increased the power of botnets to launch crippling Denial of Service DoS attacks on servers, infect millions of computers with...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Attack, Botnets, Botnet, Security, Cyberthreats, Productivity, Viruses And Worms
- White papers 2007-12-01
- 25% of all computers on botnets
- A lot of these bot nets use to be started on IRCWhat happened over a period of time was that because these bot nets were used to attack various irc networks, the network's got together and formed a security group. This security group pass's information to each other, and...
- Tags: bot, bot net, botnets, computer, droolin, IRC, networking, security
- Discussion threads 2007-01-29
- Cyberthreat experts to meet at secretive conference
- Strategies in the fight against cyberattacksA secretive conference is being held at the Microsoft headquarters to focus on botnets, which are seen by experts as a prime threat to the Internet. The two-day event is an effort to bring together representatives from security companies and government and law enforcement officials,...
- Tags: attack, Sonja Thompson, cyberattacks, feedback, microsoft, security, conference, news, botnets, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-01-22
- What's the next security threat?
- Cybercrime increases in volume and sophisticationGone are the days of simple worms and viruses. Now botnets and phishing dominate malicious software--and new twists are on the way. Cybercriminals are coming up with more-sophisticated attacks that use different software tricks and are finding new targets, such as cell phones.What do you...
- Tags: Phishing, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, VOIP, Viruses and worms, security threat
- Discussion threads 2006-04-18
- AOL: world's largest botnet?
- Study: AOL Leads in Zombie Infections Internet giant's customers account for the highest percentage of infected PCs, researcher says.John E. Dunn, Techworld.comThursday, June 16, 2005AOL is the global network most infected with "zombie" PCs, according to a new study.Prolexic has spent the last six months compiling information on the problem...
- Tags: Adelphia Communications Corp., America Online Inc., botnets, deepsand, Internet Service Provider, Prolexic, security, zombie, zombies, zomby
- Discussion threads 2005-06-17
- FTC launches war on zombie nets
- FTC launches war on zombie netsThursday, June 9, 2005ZOMBIE WAR GOES WORLDWIDEBy Bob FrancisPosted June 03, 2005 5:00 AM Pacific TimeGive the Federal Trade Commission some credit: It has some marketing skills. "Operation Spam Zombies" got plenty of play recently both because it is a good idea and because the...
- Tags: botnet, botnets, CipherTrust Inc., computer, deepsand, FTC, Internet Service Provider, security, spam, zombie, zombies
- Discussion threads 2005-06-14
- Zombie Meter - see where the zombie PCs are, in real time
- Zombie Meter - see where the zombie PCs are, in real time[v]Topics > Privacy & Security > Online Security > Fret About PC Zombie Threat? ZombieMeter Web site keeps hourly count of captured computers.Scarlet Pruitt, IDG News ServiceFriday, May 27, 2005LONDON -- Worried about zombies? Internet users concerned about the...
- Tags: botnets, CipherTrust Inc., deepsand, security, stat, zombie, ZombieMeter Web site, zombies, zomby
- Discussion threads 2005-05-31
Additional Resources
- Botnets as a Vehicle for Online Crime
- An analysis of real-world botnets indicates the increasing sophistication of bot malware and its thoughtful engineering as an effective tool for profit-motivated online crime. This analysis of source code and captured binaries has provided insight about: how botnets are built, what capabilities botnets possess, how botnets are operated, how botnets...
- Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, Malware, Bot, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2005-12-01
- What You Need to Know About Botnets!
- A bot, short for robot, is an automated software program that can execute certain commands. A botnet, short for robot network, is an aggregation of computers compromised by bots that are connected to a central "controller." These botnet controllers are often controlled from chat rooms. Botnet controllers can be linked...
- Tags: Controller, Bot, Robots, Emerging Technologies
- White papers 2004-11-01
- Live Webcast: Rise of the Mega-Botnets
- Botnets have been around for more than a decade. Long-time users of the Internet chat system, Internet Relay Chat--also known as "IRC," know them well. They were originally used to launch attacks and "take-overs" on IRC servers by malicious individuals, often dubbed "script kiddies", who were out for revenge. ...
- Tags: Webcast, IRC, MessageLabs Ltd., MyDoom Virus, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Webcasts 2008-06-13
- Killing Botnets
- The growth of botnets represents the greatest threat to individuals and nations. This white paper describes an actual incident and outlines a series of events during the spring of 2006 that affected one of the world's leading international communications companies. This paper provides an insight into the scale of botnet...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Productivity, Benefits, Human Resources
- White papers 2006-10-01
- Botnets: Can they be beaten?
- Botnets: the plague of the Internet in recent times, they are used to perpetrate all sorts of illegal activities from collecting personal and confidential information to hammering mail servers with SPAM. Botnets have been known about for years and have proven very difficult for law enforcement agencies to crack...
- Tags: New Zealand, Internet, Productivity, Federal Government, Cyberthreats, E-mail Servers, Security, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Justin Fielding
- Blog posts 2007-12-02
- Evolution in botnet strategy: Mini-swarms
- Security researchers are warning that botnets are using a strategy of splitting into smaller swarms to avoid detection. Security firms F-Secure and Israel-based Finjan believe that the trend appears as an evasive technique as opposed to previous techniques comprising large swarms that can be detected. The TechWorld...
- Tags: Swarm, Technique, Researcher, Countermeasure, Productivity, Strategy, Security, Management, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-10-06
- Killing Botnets: A View From the Trenches
- McAfee IntruShield IPS protects telcos, Internet service providers ISPs, enterprises, and national infrastructure. IntruShield is critical to pinpointing and disrupting botnet controlers and interrupts several phases of botnet infection in the ongoing war against botnets.
- Tags: McAfee Inc., McAfee IntruShield IPS, IntruShield, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Business Services, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications
- White papers 2006-10-01
- Measurements and Mitigation of Peer-to-Peer-Based Botnets: A Case Study on Storm Worm
- Botnets, i.e., networks of compromised machines under a common control infrastructure, are commonly controlled by an attacker with the help of a central server: all compromised machines connect to the central server and wait for commands. However, the first botnets that use Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks for remote control of the...
- Tags: P2P, Worm, University Of Mannheim, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet
- White papers 2008-02-18
- Stopping Zombies, Botnets, and Other Email-borne Threats
- Hijacked computers, or zombies, hide inside networks where they send spam, steal company secrets, and enable other serious crimes. This paper discusses how the threat has evolved, explains how zombie networks, or botnets, are created and highlights how even organizations with reliable gateway and endpoint protection are vulnerable.
- Tags: Sophos Plc., Zombie, Productivity, Networking
- White papers 2006-12-01
- The big rise of smaller botnets
- Considering that a botnet is defined as "a large number of compromised computers," smaller botnets sounds like an oxymoron. However, researchers from F-Secure say that cybercriminals are downsizing their botnets to make it harder for software security companies to track and contain botnet operations. Cybercriminals turn a...
- Tags: F-Secure Corp., Cybercriminal, Computer, Productivity, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- Storm Worm: The energizer bunny of botnets
- In the world of botnets, Storm isn't king anymore, but the Storm botnet's owners aren't giving up. This article is a reminder by Michael Kassner of the need to remain vigilant and not fall prey to the Storm worm or its relatives. by Michael Kassner
- Tags: attachment, worm, storm, cyberthreats, e-mail, viruses and worms, spam, security, online communications, spam and phishing, michael kassner
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- The Zombie Roundup: Understanding, Detecting, and Disrupting Botnets
- Global Internet threats are undergoing a profound transformation from attacks designed solely to disable infrastructure to those that also target people and organizations. Behind these new attacks is a large pool of compromised hosts sitting in homes, schools, businesses, and governments around the world. These systems are infected with a...
- Tags: Bot
- White papers 2005-05-20
- Use honeypots to track and mitigate botnets
- Bots pose a serious threat to both individual and corporate environments. They are often used for DDoS attacks, to send spam, and as spyware to steal sensitive information from the victim's machine. In this chapter download from Virtual HoneyPots: From Botnet Tracking to Intrusion Detection, learn how to...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, Intrusion Detection, Network Security, Robots, Security, Networking, Emerging Technologies
- Download resources 2007-10-19
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