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Bot herders go low key
News First, an increase in the numbers of hackers hoping to put together networks has made the task of securing zombie computers more competitive, so it is harder for the "bot herder" to amass a larger number of drone computers.
[November 18, 2005, 10:10]
Mandel Bot
Downloads Mandel Bot is a simple to use Mandelbrot set viewer featuring: Save Step Back 120 Palettes Palette Animation View restore is available depending on zoom level
[October 2, 2003, 8:00]
AOL IM bot hides behind encryption
News AOL Instant Messenger users who click on a malicious link could find themselves the victim of a newly discovered bot that uses encryption to increase the range of its targets and make eradication more difficult.
[May 2, 2006, 10:35]
IM bot will talk for cash
News ActiveBuddy is still in negotiations with all of the major IM networks to host the so-called bot on its debut, which is expected mid-February. A once-popular but now extinct "buddy" on America Online's Instant Messenger that freely answered...
[January 30, 2003, 12:12]
So-Bot X
Downloads So-Bot is a Mac OS IRC bot, used to keep and protect your IRC channels, and generate statistics. So has support for botnet (link several So), and others funky options. It has entertaining features like an auto-reply database, or more professional...
[June 25, 2002, 8:00]
The Build-Operate-Transfer Model: What Is BOT?
White Papers Built Operate Transfer (BOT) Model is focused on long term associations wherein the offshore development center becomes an extension of the client's business development center. As per Gartner analysis, CIOs, IT leaders and business leaders in...
[November 26, 2007, 0:50]
FS Forum AIM Chat Bot
Downloads Forum Admins and Mods can now have a AIM chat bot. A Custom made bot for your forum can be managing a AIM chatroom now! Which sits in the chat room of their choice and invites the members from a designated list, to the room where simple easy chat...
[September 19, 2003, 8:00]
kiki the nano bot
Downloads kiki the nano bot is a 3-D puzzle game, basically a mixture of the games Sokoban and Kula-World.kiki has won the Categories 'Best Graphics', 'Best Originality' and 'Best Overall Game' in the uDevGame Game Programming...
[April 13, 2003, 8:00]
Invisible Attackers: Stop the Bot
White Papers Massive distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) and phishing attacks get the headlines, but invisible attackers pose a far more common threat to your network. This 60-minute TechWiseTV video on demand from Cisco will show you how botnets work, how...
[January 30, 2008, 18:21]
Californian bot herder pleads guilty
News A US man has pleaded guilty to leasing out networks of compromised computers to criminals so they can carry out denial of service and spam attacks. Twenty-year old Californian Jeanson James Ancheta faces up to six years in prison for felony charges...
[January 24, 2006, 15:55]
Microsoft sends bot to search Web
News In preparation for unveiling its own algorithmic search engine, Microsoft's MSN has quietly launched software that will index Web sites, a move that raises questions about MSN's relationship with Yahoo subsidiary Inktomi.
[June 19, 2003, 10:17]
IBM backs developer bot battle
News More than 120,000 developers have already signed up for a Java coding competition which will see the finalist's virtual robots battle it out in August. Based on the Robocode programming game, the competition was launched at IBM's DeveloperWorks...
[May 12, 2002, 7:32]
Spyware and the law
Talkback I use anit virus software,have a firewall and have installed spy-bot. Spy-bot tells me when I am likely to download a threat, but I find that some of these threats are attached to websites that I could really not do without.
[November 13, 2004, 9:43]
Zombie tool exploits Windows and antivirus flaws
News An updated variant of a malicious bot program is spreading via a flaw in Symantec's antivirus software as well as through several holes in Microsoft code. Additionally, the bot program tries to exploit five flaws in Microsoft Windows, the most...
[November 30, 2006, 8:24]
Botnets as a Vehicle for Online Crime
White Papers An analysis of real-world botnets indicates the increasing sophistication of bot malware and its thoughtful engineering as an effective tool for profit-motivated online crime. The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of the...
[April 14, 2006, 1:01]
Web outage blamed on zombies
News The attack that blacked out Google, Yahoo and other major Web sites earlier this week involved the use of a "bot net" -- a large network of zombified home PCs -- Internet infrastructure provider Akamai Technologies said Wednesday.
[June 17, 2004, 9:35]
More info to go: IM gets intelligent
News Responding to questions and conversation with new questions of "her" own, even this rudimentary bot was able to fool many people online into thinking that "she" was a real person. The bot living inside the chat networks today is already serving as...
[April 26, 2001, 11:59]
BotSpotting
Downloads A tool to collect and store basic visitor information: date/time stamp of visiting browser, page visited, IP address and UserAgent (type of browser or bot name). Options include setting date for data collection, record all browsers or just bots...
[July 8, 2004, 8:00]
Botnets and spyware still on the rise
News Incidents involving the malicious code, also known as bot code, reached 13,000 from April through June, according to a report from antivirus-software maker McAfee. McAfee estimated that 63 percent more machines were exploited by bot programs and by...
[July 12, 2005, 14:20]
i-mate Fun Game Pack for PPC
Downloads Compete against our expert Bot online and try to beat the Bot! Fun Game Packi-mate Backgammon Multiplayer is the ultimate mobile and interactive backgammon experience. Test your skills on your device or online against other players.
[September 20, 2005, 8:00]
