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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 Behind Seasonal Cybercrime
News According to communications firm Energis, online crime appears to be occurring in cyclical patterns related to the creation of botnets -- zombie armies of PCs that have been taken control of without the owners' knowledge.
[September 30, 2004, 17:45]
'Suicidal Osama Bin Laden' Recruits A Zombie Army
News The message claims to contain pictures taken by CNN journalists of Osama Bin Laden's suicide but, once the file is opened, it installs a Trojan horse that effectively recruits the infected machine into the author's zombie army, which can then be...
[July 23, 2004, 16:45]
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]
Windows XP Slammed As Gift To 'zombie' Hackers
News Hackers carry out DoS attacks by installing code, known as zombie software or Bots, on another user's computer without their permission or knowledge. When run, this zombie code sends data requests across the Internet to a target network selected by...
[June 7, 2001, 10:58]
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]
Spammers Get Fussy As Zombie Army Grows
News The Bobax worm, which is less than a week old but has already spawned four variants, is one of the first worms to conduct a bandwidth test on its infected host to see if it is worthy of being used as a spam zombie.
[May 21, 2004, 17:15]
Phishing Attacks Powered By 'just Five' Zombie Networks
News All phishing attacks launched across the Internet come from one of just five networks of zombie PCs, according to research published by security firm CipherTrust this week. By analysing phishing emails to find the IP addresses of the computers that...
[October 20, 2004, 18:10]
'Zombie Attacks': Web Crackdown Widens
News This month's rash of "zombie attacks" on popular Web sites is already resulting in greater cooperation between law-enforcement agencies and the Internet industry, computer security experts said Friday.
[February 21, 2000, 9:06]
Spammers Get Fussy As Zombie Army Grows
Talkback Zombie computer, i think thats how i would call it, the reason for this is that my Internet Connection works fine during the day, and in the evening beginning from 18.00 the internet connection just dies, send out more than receives.
[December 28, 2004, 13:54]
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]
Lycos Should Send Its Zombie Army Home
Leader Only this time, the masses are zombie PCs controlled by Lycos' 'Make Love Not Spam' screensaver. Lycos needs to put its randy zombie army back in its pants and stop being so trigger happy. We all hate spammers, and few of us would shed a tear...
[December 1, 2004, 12:25]
Zombie Tool Exploits Windows And Antivirus Flaws
News A computer taken by such a bot is popularly referred to as a "zombie PC". 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.
[November 30, 2006, 8:24]
Lycos Should Send Its Zombie Army Home
Talkback Ahh yes, let's sit on our hands while no one figures out how to fix this problem. How many years must this go on, and how many billions of spam messages need to be sent before taking these drastic measures?
[December 1, 2004, 17:33]
Lycos Launches Anti-spam Zombie Army
Talkback Final Decision: You cannot fight wrong with a wrong.
[April 1, 2005, 16:48]
Microsoft Zombie Hacker Denial Condemned
News Hackers carry out DoS attacks by installing what is commonly known as "zombie software" on the computers of many unsuspecting users. Microsoft's assurances that Windows XP will not make it easier for hackers to launch damaging Denial of Service...
[June 11, 2001, 16:17]
Lycos Launches Anti-spam Zombie Army
Talkback Visit www.spamitback.com. Much better than the screensaver, which Lycos seems to have simply copied.
[December 8, 2004, 23:36]
Australian Government Gears Up For Zombie Battle
Talkback After years of lobbying for exactly such a community effort I only have one comment: let ISP's choose their own software and methods to track down zombied PC's, spam and such. Plenty of "off the shelf", free even, solutions are out there.
[November 8, 2005, 20:50]
Lycos Launches Anti-spam Zombie Army
Talkback Altough I am completely against spam/UCE, I am also against DoS and dDoS attacks of any kind. It's better to make them 'unwelcome' in their ISP/Host, than to degrade the connection of the host which could affect legitimate customers.
[November 30, 2004, 20:24]
Lycos Launches Anti-spam Zombie Army
Talkback how can people defend the spammer criminals? Lycos has the best idea yet. Foolish are the ones who would rather spend dough on a spam filter while tying up more of their computer's resources and hard earned money.
[November 30, 2004, 21:10]
