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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 286 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: qubec cops bust massive botnet ring comments Discuss  
17-strong hacking network clubbedCanadian police have arrested 17 people suspected of running a huge botnet of compromised PCs. Up to one million computers in various countries were allegedly under the control of the suspects, who range in ages from 17 to 26. All but one are male, UPI reports.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 278 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: alleged kiwi botnet mastermind court comments Discuss  
Black sheepAn 18-year-old suspected of masterminding a botnet-fueled international cybercrime network has appeared in a New Zealand court.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 271 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn gambling site brought knees unstoppable botnet comments Discuss  
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170296,00.htmBy Nick HeathSilicon.com6 March 2008A 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.Gala Coral ecommerce's gambling sites were taken down for almost 30 minutes by the next generation 10Gb distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, delegates at the e-crime congress in London were told this week.Attackers disguised the build up of tr read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 264 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: lsdigital drops federal botnet confession comments Discuss  
Hacker admits to hosing RubbermaidA US-based hacker has admitted he reaped thousands of dollars by breaking into corporate computers in Europe and making them part of a botnet that automatically installed adware.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 246 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: nz teen botnet mastermind cops plea comments Discuss  
AKILL likely to avoid jailA New Zealand teenager charged with running a huge cybercrime network has pleaded guilty to computer hacking and fraud offences.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 240 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: move storm bigger stealthier botnet town comments Discuss  
400,000 machines get KrakenResearches have unearthed what they say is the biggest botnet ever. It comprises over 400,000 infected machines, more than twice the size of Storm, which was previously believed to be the largest zombie network.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 238 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: as storm fades botnet fight on comments Discuss  
When Owen Walker was arrested for masterminding a massive international network of compromised computers last year, it seemed like a major victory in the war against botnets. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 238 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: kraken stripped worlds largest botnet crown maybe comments Discuss  
Is it new or is it Bobax?RSA If you're looking for a good reason why security professionals might want to pool their research about botnets and other cyber threats, look no further than findings released earlier this week about a botnet dubbed Kraken.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 230 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn usenix leet workshop raises questions storm botnet size comments Discuss  
Forwarded from: Kristian Erik Hermansen <kristian.hermansen (at) gmail.com>I was one of about 75 people to attend the highly academic conference put on by USENIX and sponsored by Google this Tuesday in San Francisco. Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats was a gathering of mostly security researchers interested in the future of malware. During most of the talks, researchers focused on analysis and information gained from penetrating the Storm botnet. By the end of the day, it became clear to ne read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 224 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: microsoft storm botnet comments Discuss  
Microsoft took credit for crushing the Storm botnet Tuesday, saying that the malware search-and-destroy tool it distributes to Windows users disinfected so many bots that the hackers threw in the towel. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 224 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: china faces severe botnet problem comments Discuss  
China faces a serious threat from botnets, networks of computers infected with software that allows them to be controlled remotely for denial-of-service attacks and to send spam, according to a report issued by China's National Computer network Emergency Response technical Team (CNCERT). read more »
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