Massive Increase in Botnet Attacks in 2010
2010 saw a dramatic increase in cyber crime and targeted botnet attacks, and at its peak around Christmas, the total number of unique botnet victims was 654 percent greater than the victim population at the beginning of the year, according to a new report. “Prior to 2010, many people thought in terms of spam and [...]
Researchers have identified a new botnet based in China that was openly advertising DDoS-for-hire services and had managed to plant roots inside a number of major U.S. ISPs. Damballa researchers discovered the botnet known as IMDDOD a few months ago when coming across suspect domains while investigating another incident. They traced the domains back to [...]
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Recently, two major botnets have been brought down through legal channels and arrests. Microsoft used a court order to take out one botnet and Spanish authorities arrested the administrators of the Mariposa botnet. Despite these recent successes, some security researchers have begun to question the how effective taking out a botnet really is, according to [...]
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