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Romanian Script Kiddies and the Screensavers Botnet

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2008-04-08 03:48:40 by HASH0x8ae5de0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...botnet courtesy of Romanian script kiddies, that are currently spamming postcard.scr greeting cards? Meet the script kiddies. This botnet is going nowhere mostly because knowing how to compile an IRC bot doesn't necessarily mean you posses a certain know-how, a know-how that experienced botnet masters have been outsourcing for years . Malware...
 
Tags: botnet, botnet masters, script kiddies, romanian script kiddies, botnet courtesy, ny2fw15, alternative botnet, irc, irc bot
 
 
 
 
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Web Based Botnet Command and Control Kit 2.0

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2008-08-22 14:02:15 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...botnet consisting of single user, single campaign functions only, has just lost its charm, with a recent discovery of a proprietary botnet kit whose features clearly indicate that the kit's coder know exactly which niches to fill - presumably based on his personal experience or market research into competing products What are some its key...
 
Tags: ddos attacks based, ddos attacks, malware, previous malware campaigns, ddos attacks simultaneously, botnet, country, country bot, ddos
 
 
 
 
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Phishing Emails Generating Botnet Scaling

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2008-04-18 14:57:30 by HASH0x8aef3f0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...botnet that is so far responsible for a massive flood of fake Windows updates , phishing emails targeting the usual diverse set of brands, fake yahoo greeting cards , and most recently delivering "executable news items", through Backdoor.Agent.AJU malware infected hosts Within the first five minutes, thirty three (33) phishing emails...
 
Tags: bank, bank digital, ns1, bank bankline, ns2, bank internet, malware, malware variants signal, botnet
 
 
 
 
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A Botnet Master's To-Do List

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2008-04-26 14:36:23 by HASH0x8ae3c28 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...botnet masters to sent to novice ones, is entirely up to the coder, or perhaps module copy and paster. Some are going as far as implementing quality assurance approaches to ensure their malware has the lowest possible detection rate, before spreading it, on the anti malware and firewall level , while others are benchmarking and setting...
 
Tags: botnet, commodity malware bots, malware bots, to-do list, wannabe botnet masters, malware, botnet masters, malware botnets, anti malware
 
 
 
 
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Inside a Botnet's Phishing Activities

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2008-02-25 09:34:49 by HASH0x8b44f48 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...botnet's infected hosts can not only be used as stepping stones , but also for the purpose of sending out phishing emails, and hosting the domains used in the scams themselves, thereby forwarding the responsibility for the scams to the infected parties, in between remaining relatively untraceable. The malware variants are still in the wild,...
 
Tags: net, botnet, bkdr agent, agent, microsoft, hosts phone, domains, hosts, ecosystem
 
 
 
 
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Homer Simpson and the Kimya Botnet

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2008-07-11 17:46:17 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...Botnet of Turkish origin - here's the giveaway traffic stream via an Ethereal log awaiting further instructions from the Botnet C&C center. This particular Botnet has been around since March of this year. The Turkish connection is interesting, because I haven't seen too many Turkish Botnets - and there's been quite a surge in hacking...
 
Tags: simpsons, simpsons fan, simpsons fans, exclusive simpsons episode, infection, infection files, real error messages, error messages, infection activity
 
 
 
 
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DIY Botnet Kit Promising Eternal Updates

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2008-08-20 03:53:16 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...botnet command and control kit, and one that's been originally released for free, is the quality and the clearly visible experience of the kit's programmer in the professional one A Chinese hacking group is offering the moon, and asking for nothing. And in times when a cybercriminal can even monetize his conversation with a potential...
 
Tags: professional, professional kits, kit, professional botnet command, quality assurance, populist underground release, control kit, quality, robin hood approach
 
 
 
 
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The Nugache Worm/Botnet

2007-12-31 07:19:13 by Editor in Schneier on Security
 
I've already written about the Storm worm, and how it represents a new generation of worm/botnets. And Scott Berinato has written an excellent article about the Gozi worm, another new-generation worm/botnet. This article is about yet another new-generation worm-botnet: Nugache
 
Tags: new-generation worm-botnet, generation, new-generation wormbotnet, excellent article, article, nugache, storm worm, gozi worm, scott berinato
 
 
 
 
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Srizbi grows into world's largest botnet

2008-05-13 10:21:54 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The Storm botnet hasn't completely blown over, but already there's a new big threat in town: the rampaging Srizbi botnet. (Nostalgic yet for the days when you could pronounce the name of the thing that tormented you?) A disturbing new feature makes Sribzi especially pernicious
 
Tags: completely blown, storm botnet, srizbi botnet, pronounce, threat, pernicious, town, days, feature