BitDefender is reporting that a social network Twitter is now being used to control botnets and in fact the SDK (Software Development Kit) for do it yourself Botnets is now available.
More of this can be read at Help Net Security.
Posts Tagged botnet
Malware economy is thriving – especially in this downturn economy. You can even buy your own bot from $100, to $ 3,500.
Bots that can be used for stealing passwords, spamware, adware, ddos attacks, etc. are now available for sale if you know where to look.
Dutch ISPs huddle together.
Sep 30
Here is something that is interestingly brewing. Dutch ISPs have gotten together to essentially have a ‘treaty’ on controlling and eliminating botnet/malicious traffic from their networks.
How to DDoS – Tutorial.
Sep 12
Came across this Blog tutorial on how to do DDoS attack using 1000s of botnets herded together to attack a computer system. This tutorial, etc. has a lot of valid information. Worth reading it if you want to know how to ddos attack (educational purposes/reading only).