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US Hacker Gets Five Years In The Slammer
News Jeanson James Ancheta, 21, from California, rented out space on this zombie network of compromised machines for the sending of spam and malware, and also for launching denial of service attacks. Ancheta advertised his zombie network - or botnet...
[May 9, 2006, 16:30]
AOL IM Bot Hides Behind Encryption
News Security researchers also suspect that the bot may be using peer-to-peer techniques rather than relying on a central command control server to issue orders to a network of zombie computers. As a result of the peer-to-peer network, the malicious...
[May 2, 2006, 10:35]
'Storm Worm' Slithers On
News The compromised machine becomes a zombie in a network called a botnet. While each of the infected hosts share lists of other infected hosts, no one machine has a full list of the entire botnet — each only has a subset, making it difficult to gauge...
[January 22, 2007, 13:06]
Botnets And Spyware Still On The Rise
News Personal computers that play unwitting host to zombie code are proliferating at a startling pace, according to a new report. Computer security experts have identified zombie networks, or networks of systems with bot software installed, as a rising...
[July 12, 2005, 14:20]
Windows XP Slammed As Gift To 'zombie' Hackers
News When run, this zombie code sends data requests across the Internet to a target network selected by the hacker. Hackers carry out DoS attacks by installing code, known as zombie software or Bots, on another user's computer without their permission...
[June 7, 2001, 10:58]
Special: Denial Of Service Round-up
News Network Associates detect Web attack agents Internet security firm Network Associates said on Monday that it had detected each of the three major "Zombie" agents, which have been attacking well known Web sites such as Yahoo!
[February 9, 2000, 14:45]
A Year Ago: Denial Of Service Round-up
News Network Associates detect Web attack agents Internet security firm Network Associates said on Monday that it had detected each of the three major "Zombie" agents, which have been attacking well known Web sites such as Yahoo!
[February 9, 2001, 6:06]
Staying One Step Ahead In The Anti-spam Arms Race
News What do you make of the 'zombie' threat (Internet-connected PCs used for spamming after being infected by a virus)? There is a significant problem with zombie computers. This is the ideal situation, as the further down the network you let it go...
[June 16, 2004, 10:30]
Email Users Get A Reputation
News Often companies don't realize that they have zombie machines on their network that have been sending email," Alperovitch said. Zombie machines are computers that have been commandeered by cybercriminals and are often used to send spam.
[August 30, 2005, 9:30]
Zombie Masters Hunted Down
News A zombie is a computer - typically running Windows and connected to the Internet via a broadband connection and without security software to protect it - that has been infected by a Trojan horse or other malicious code and is used remotely to send...
[October 31, 2005, 9:35]
Zombie Networks Implicated In ID Theft
News Botnets - otherwise known as zombie networks - collections of compromised computers controlled by a single person or group, have become more pervasive and increasingly focused on identity theft and installing spyware, according to a Honeynet...
[March 15, 2005, 8:15]
Zombies: The Digital Undead
White Papers Some basic tenets of security should be followed at all times, whether you want to protect your enterprise network from spam, viruses and DDoS attacks spewed forth by zombie networks, or protect your home computer from joining the ranks of the...
[March 14, 2007, 5:05]
Australian Government Gears Up For Zombie Battle
News Each will regularly receive a list of IP addresses that identify computers on their network demonstrating zombie-like behaviour. Adam Biviano, senior systems engineer at antivirus firm Trend Micro, said he is pleased that the government has woken...
[November 7, 2005, 9:30]
Zombie Tool Exploits Windows And Antivirus Flaws
News A computer taken by such a bot is popularly referred to as a "zombie PC". It can be used by miscreants as part of a network of bots, or "botnet", to relay spam and launch cyberattacks. An updated variant of a malicious bot program is spreading via...
[November 30, 2006, 8:24]
Worm Sparks Rise In Zombie PCs
News On Tuesday, CipherTrust reported a 23 percent growth in the total number of zombie PCs detected this week alone, due, they said, to the release of a modification of the Mocbot worm. Any computer infected by the worm will become part of a large...
[August 22, 2006, 17:10]
McAfee Forms Zombie-killer Alliance
News Their zombie detection technology is a great fit with our products, and we'll be able to send alerts to their product that a system is sending or receiving an attack so that they can point their scans to that part of the network," said Ted Julian...
[August 21, 2001, 10:03]
F-Secure Sees Smaller Botnets On The Rise
News The zombie army can be controlled remotely, with the botnet creators usually trying to build the largest possible botnet of compromised computers to rent out to gangs for as little as $100 (£49) for a couple of hours.
[October 1, 2007, 9:23]
Encrypted Bots Could Be The Next Threat
News A computer that has bot software installed — for example through a malicious Web site or Trojan horse — is called a zombie. In the near future, bots will include encryption to hide their presence from security and network sniffing tools often used...
[November 15, 2005, 9:55]
Stealth Virus Warning Sounded Again
News When they get a new request for another zombie network, they release a new Trojan - they are able to control the number of infected computers," said Kaspersky. Instead of trying to create viruses and worms that infect as many computers as possible...
[May 25, 2005, 11:15]
Three Men Arrested In Botnet Probe
News The network of zombie machines consisted of home computers worldwide, they said. Furthermore, the suspects allegedly used their network of hijacked computers, known as a botnet, in an extortion scheme against an unidentified US business.
[October 10, 2005, 10:10]
