Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans What are rootkits and botnets? A rootkit is a piece of software that can be installed and hidden on your computer without your knowledge. It may be included in a larger software package or installed by an attacker who has been…
Hacker Lexicon: Botnets, the Zombie Computer Armies That Earn Hackers Millions
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans ZOMBIE ARMIES AREN’T just invading movie screens these days. They’re also taking over the Internet in the form of massive botnets. A botnet is an army of computers, all infected with the same malware, that gives a bot herder remote control…
FBI — Botnets Infecting 18 Computers per Second. But How Many of Them NSA Holds?
Botnets – a secretly compromised networks of ordinary home and office computers with rogue software or “malware” that are controlled by an individual criminal or a group – has dramatically increased over the past several years and are considered to pose the biggest threat to the Internet. Cyber criminals have…
Arizona man sentenced for selling access to botnets
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cyber_security A man who was reportedly part of one of the first “DDOS-for-hire” electronic attack hit squads will serve two-and-a-half years in prison for selling access to malware-infected computers. Joshua Schichtel, 30, of Phoenix, was sentenced on Sept. 6 to 30 months in prison for…
Algorithms Can Catch And Stop Botnets
Indian computer scientists have developed an algorithm which can be used to not only catch a botnet on a computer network, but can also stop the malware from inflicting any harm upon a machine. The … View full post on National Cyber Security
Microsoft strikes at Zeus botnets
Microsoft has struck again at malware operators and cybercriminals, this times raiding data centers in Pennsylvania and Illinois to seieze command and control servers and domain names allegedly used to control multiple Zeus botnets. Microsoft coordinated the raid in a manner similar to the company’s successful takedown of the Rustok…
Wrath of the Titans: Microsoft, U.S. Feds Slay Godly “Zeus” Botnets
Print 5 comment(s) – last by wordsworm.. on Mar 27 at 12:01 AM (Source: Universal Pictures) Zeus malware was long untouchable, infected 3m+ in U.S. alone In the era of organized cybercrime, one of the most dangerous threats to arise in recent years was “Zeus”. A malware program named after…
Botnets 101: Everything you need to know
What are botnets? How do they infect your computer? What should you do if you are infected? Can you prevent botnets? Read on to the learn the answers to these questions and everything else you need to know about botnets. read more View full post on Stay Safe Online blogs…
FCC Chairman Calls for ISPs to Help Fight Botnets (February 22, 2012)
US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Jules Genachowski said that Internet service providers (ISPs) should notify customers when activity suggesting their computers have been infected with malware is detected……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
Check Point software takes aim at botnets
Check Point Software is coming out with technology designed specifically to fight bots and cyberattacks by discovering infections, finding command and control servers and cutting off communications with them. Anti Bot Software Blade is a program that runs on Check Point gateways that also runs other security applications. The company…
