Storm botnet
The Storm botnet or Storm worm botnet (not to be confused with StormBot, a TCL script that is not malicious) is a remotely controlled network of "zombie" computers (or "botnet") that has been linked by the Storm Worm, a Trojan horse spread through e-mail spam.
Storm Worm Reappears
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Slightly revamped version of original malware used by the infamous Storm botnet being actively spammed -- and spreading
Published on Thursday 29th of July 2010 04:20:32 AM
Infamous Storm botnet rises from the grave
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Beware!
Published on Thursday 29th of July 2010 04:20:32 AM
Internet Storm Center Diary 2010-02-27
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Microsoft just broke some major ground in the fight against botnets (Waledec in this case) by executing civil legal action against a botnet owner to get 270+ domain names pulled. While this may not sound very sexy or amazing on the surface, it is in my view an extremely important step in the fight against these threats.
Published on Thursday 29th of July 2010 04:20:32 AM
Botnet Hunters: The battle against cybercrime's no.1 weapon
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They're the Internet equivalent of storm chasers, spending endless hours scanning and sleuthing, looking for the telltale signs of botnets. Here's an inside look at the fight against cybercrime's weapons of mass infection.
Published on Thursday 29th of July 2010 04:20:32 AM
Storm worm - Botnet Worm | Virus Encyclopedia
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Another big Trojan attack was Storm worm that hit computers worldwide in January 2007. The Storm worm originally posed as breaking news of bad weather hitting Europe. Over time, the worm was also seen in emails with the following subjects: personal greetings, reports that Saddam Hussein is still alive, reports that Fidel Castro is dead, sexy women
Published on Thursday 29th of July 2010 04:20:32 AM
The Rise of Botnet Infections - Network Security Journal
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What Storm and its successors have in store for your business � and how to survive the coming onslaught.
Published on Thursday 29th of July 2010 04:20:32 AM
Researchers Find Massive Botnet On 2 Million Infected PCs
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Storm? What storm? Researchers have discovered a major botnet -- larger than the infamous Storm botnet was in its heyday -- operating out of the Ukraine that has infected 1.9 million machines, including large corporate and government PCs mainly in the U.S. Especially striking about the botnet is what its malware can do to an infected machine.
Published on Thursday 29th of July 2010 04:20:32 AM
BBC botnet investigation turns hacks into hackers
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A storm is brewing over the BBC's penetration of a botnet for a TV show where they sent spam, ran a DDOS attack and changed system wallpaper. Was this legal? If it wasn't, do the BBC have a public interest defence?
Published on Thursday 29th of July 2010 04:20:32 AM
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