Tag: peer-to-peer
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New peer-to-peer botnet discovered
New botnet shares fast flux DNS and other similarities with Storm and Waledac. In the last few days of 2010, security researchers discovered a new botnet that shares many similarities with the Waledac and Storm botnets. The botnet started with a spam campaign that sent millions of emails claiming to be holiday e-cards – a…
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Researchers crack into Storm botnet
Comms channels decrypted, automated removal possible. A group of German academics claim to have deciphered communications protocols used by the infamous ‘Storm’ botnet, allowing them to monitor infected nodes and control systems, and potentially to deactivate and disinfect them remotely. The collaborative operation between two German universities saw samples of the Storm malware, and the…