botnets

• Article | 14/05/2011 Zeus leaks give tools to researchers, attackers

  The source code and a manual to the popular crimeware creation kit Zeus has been leaked, perhaps giving defenders additional tools to fight infections...
• Article | 10/12/2010 Group used 30,000-node botnet in MasterCard, PayPal attacks

  PayPal's website was hit late Wednesday by two botnets as online activists continued their Web attacks on companies that have severed their relationsh...
• Article | 2/09/2010 Botnet takedown may yield valuable data

  Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsib...
• Article | 12/05/2010 Guilty plea after botnet tested with DDoS on ISP

  The second man charged in 2006 computer attacks on The Planet and T35 Hosting has agreed to plead guilty.
• Article | 29/04/2010 New Storm worm may not last long

  A new variant of the Storm worm has emerged, but it does not appear to be as well-designed as its older relative, according to computer security resea...

• Article | 25/08/2009 Is your PC bot-infested? here's how to tell

  As fireworks boomed on the Fourth of July, thousands of compromised computers attacked U.S. government Web sites. A botnet of more than 200,000 comput...
• Article | 15/07/2009 Latest malware trick: outsourcing quality assurance

  Creators of Waledac malware enlisted the Conficker botnet as a tool to spread malware of their own, marking the first time Conficker was made availabl...
• Article | 16/04/2009 Botnets: 4 Reasons It's Getting Harder to Find and Fight Them

  The perpetual proliferation of botnets is hardly surprising when one considers just how easy it is for the bad guys to hijack computers without tippin...
• Article | 20/10/2008 Up next: Cellular botnets, cyber militias

  The ability of malware writers to consistently stay ahead of those seeking to stop them has been a constant factor in the security industry over the p...

Whitepapers about botnets

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  Simplifying branch office security

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  Botnets: The dark side of cloud computing