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Court order cripples Coreflood botnet, says FBI
2011-04-27 07:51

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216190/Court_order_cripples_Coreflood_botnet_says_FBI By Gregg Keizer Computerworld April 26, 2011 Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said a...

Man charged with hiring pump-and-dump spam botnet
2011-03-22 06:41

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214884/Man_charged_with_hiring_pump_and_dump_spam_botnet By Robert McMillan IDG News Service March 21, 2011 A Texas man was charged Monday by the U.S....

Smartphone botnets? New report predicts mobile devices will be part of DDoS attacks
2010-12-15 06:01

http://www.csoonline.com/article/646713/smartphone-botnets-new-report-predicts-mobile-devices-will-be-part-of-ddos-attacks By Joan Goodchild Senior Editor CSO December 14, 2010 Smartphones could...

Bringing Botnets Out of the Shadows
2006-03-22 07:39

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/21/AR2006032100279.html By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer March 21, 2006 Nicholas Albright's first foray into some of the...

Adware Firm Accuses 7 Distributors of Using 'Botnets'
2005-08-18 07:08

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/16/AR2005081600727.html By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer August 16, 2005 A major online advertising company that has been...

Know Your Enemy: Tracking Botnets
2005-03-15 07:07

Forwarded from: Thorsten Holz Greetings, The Honeynet Project and Research Alliance is excited to announce the release of a new paper "KYE: Tracking Botnets". This paper is based on the extensive...