http://www.itworld.com/botnet xx http://www.itworld.com/security/84217/how-a-botnet-gets-its-name There is a new kid in town in the world of botnets - isn't there always? A heavyweight spamming botnet known as Festi has only been tracked by researchers with Message Labs Intelligence since August, but is already responsible for approximately 5 percent of all global spam (around 2.5 billion spam emails per day), according to Paul Wood, senior analyst with Messagelabs, which keeps tabs on spam and botnet activity. http://www.itworld.com/security/84217/how-a-botnet-gets-its-name#comments Security News botnet Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:40:30 -0500 ITworld staff 84217 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/82605/new-spam-your-bank-has-failed-download-trojan Spam that tells victims their bank has failed urges them to on a link that will tell if their accounts are insured but that really tries to trick them into downloading a Trojan that will turn their machine into a bot. http://www.itworld.com/business/82605/new-spam-your-bank-has-failed-download-trojan#comments Security News botnet spam Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:36:50 -0400 ITworld staff 82605 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/80869/botnet-production-eerily-commercial-code-practice Botnets are elaborate command-and-control systems used by criminals for sending spam, stealing personal information or launching denial-of-service attacks through hijacked computers. But their underlying malware code structures share common ways to evade detection, and even mimic some commercial code practices, such as digital methods to prevent copying and reverse engineering, says one researcher. http://www.itworld.com/security/80869/botnet-production-eerily-commercial-code-practice#comments Security News botnet Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:23:18 -0400 ITworld staff 80869 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/80415/click-forensics-bahama-botnet-stealing-traffic-google The Bahama botnet, a sophisticated network of compromised computers that is wreaking click-fraud havoc among advertisers, is also snatching away Web traffic and revenue right from under the nose of mighty Google, Click Forensics said Thursday. http://www.itworld.com/internet/80415/click-forensics-bahama-botnet-stealing-traffic-google#comments Internet Security News botnet click fraud Google Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:31:21 -0400 ITworld staff 80415 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/77499/first-linux-botnet Has Linux security been breached? Are Linux systems in danger of being transformed into botnet zombies the way millions of Windows PCs have been? In a word: "Nah." http://www.itworld.com/security/77499/first-linux-botnet#comments Endpoint security Internet Open Source Operating systems Security Windows Opinion botnet Linux security Windows Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:41:31 -0400 sjvn 77499 at http://www.itworld.com