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Title: BotHunter tracks down zombie PCs on a LAN
Source: Heise Security
Date Published: 5 November 2008
Excerpt:
'....BotHunter listens in to the network traffic and, using various analytical techniques, tries to identify connections from bots to their bot-herder. Among the things it uses for this purpose are lists of known command-and-control servers, the DNS servers involved, and IP addresses belonging to the Russian Business Network. It also tries to identify call flows and correlate them with other data to yield a value for how likely it is that a PC is a bot.
The BotHunter package for Windows and Linux takes only about 10 MB of disk space and is available to download. To test Bothunter without installing it, there is also an ISO image to burn a bootable LiveCD......'
To read the complete article see:
http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/BotHunter-tracks-down-zombie-PCs-on-a-LAN--/news/111891
Title: Fake software nets hacker $158,000 in a week
Author: Stewart Meagher
Source: The Inquirer
Date Published: 05 November 2008
Excerpt:
'....A RUSSIAN hacker has trousered $158,000 in a single week flogging rubbish software to Americans, according to insecurity experts.
The sneak uses pop-ups warning of multiple infections that persistently suggest that users need to download a $US49.95 software package called Antivirus XP 2008 or Antivirus XP 2009.
The software appears to find and remove multiple trojans and viruses but, in fact, does absolutely nothing......'
To read the complete article see: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/05/fake-antivirus-nets-hacker-150
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