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Using Market Forces to Disrupt Botnets

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2008-06-09 05:19:02 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...disrupting the most successful botnets , but a surplus of ethics on behalf on researchers as well as a lack of an internationally implemented legislation on who, how and when should be given a mandate to do so Basically, country A doesn't really want country B's security researchers messing up with the infected hosts in the country citing...
 
Tags: botnets, disrupt botnets, malware, fight malware, market forces, online malware scanners, single pcs, pcs, successful botnets
 
 
 
 
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Hacking Power Networks

2008-01-22 14:24:55 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...disrupt power equipment in several regions outside the United States. In at least one case, the disruption caused a power outage affecting multiple cities. We do not know who executed these attacks or why, but all involved intrusions through the Internet According to Mr. Donahue, the CIA actively and thoroughly considered the benefits and...
 
Tags: power, power companies, companies, cia actively, power outages, cia, cia rumor, disrupt power equipment, attacks
 
 
 
 
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NSA Monitoring U.S. Government Internet Traffic

2008-02-04 06:30:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...disrupt an attack on an information system critical to the U.S. government. That could include responding to an attack against a private-sector network, such as the telecom industry's, sources said Also, as part of its attempt to defend government computer systems, the Department of Homeland Security will collect and monitor data on...
 
Tags: government, nsa, detect attacks, attacks, domestic government traffic, plan attacks, white house officials, white house, data
 
 
 
 
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What's the Snag Behind the Spyware

2007-08-01 19:28:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...disrupt the mobility of cash flow of the mother host Why is Spy ware Deceptive 1. It does not self-replicate; instead, it invades infected computers for commercial gains purposes 2. It monitors Web browsing activity (sales strategy) and routes of all HTTP to advertising agencies 3. Delivery of pop-up advertisements 4. Theft of Credit and...
 
Tags: spyware, software, reputable piece software, anti-spyware program, helpful software agents, information data, information, system, computer system
 
 
 
 
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The High Price of Things that are Free

2007-08-01 19:26:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...disrupt the computer's system This is why spyware and adware use deception to get individuals to downloading them either because they are intricately bundled into legitimate parent programs and sometimes, spyware and adware can even masquerade itself as security or computer optimization software to trick one into installing these unwanted...
 
Tags: free, adware protection, adware, free items, secure free spyware, adware protection programs, free programs, spyware, spyware programs
 
 
 
 
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Grayware?

2007-03-07 07:11:45 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...disrupt network security, or cause other forms of network disruption Remote administration tools: These tools are grayware applications that allow an external user to remotely gain access, change, or monitor a computer on a network BHO: BHO grayware applications are DLL files that are often installed as part of a software application to...
 
Tags: grayware, dangerous grayware applications, joke, joke grayware, p2p grayware, toolbar grayware applications, bho grayware applications, applications, toolbar
 
 
 
 
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Researchers 'poison' Storm botnet

2008-04-25 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b5498c in Network World on Security
 
A group of German researchers has unveiled the first publicly released research attempting to actively disrupt a peer-to-peer botnet - using as their case study the notorious Storm worm
 
Tags: notorious storm worm, actively disrupt, german researchers, peer-to-peer botnet, publicly, research, study
 
 
 
 
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Summarizing June's Threatscape

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2008-07-01 07:05:01 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Disrupt Botnets - With the current oversupply of malware infected hosts, and botnet masters embracing the services model for anything malicious, in this post I discussed the radical security approach of puchasing already infected malware hosts on a per country basis, disinfecting them and forcing them to update all the software on the...
 
Tags: site, fake youtube site, web site defacements, malware, malware hosts, web site defacer, sites, vulnerable sites, malicious
 
 
 
 
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New Malware Spam Reporting Bogus Beijing Earthquake Targets Olympic Games Fans

2008-06-19 22:49:25 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Botnet operators are using false reports about an earthquake near Beijing that could disrupt the Olympic games to spread malware. Unsolicited emails discovered to be a part of a new malicious spam campaign that claims another earthquake has just occurred in China, and could derail the upcoming Olympic Games. Samples of the bogus alert doing the
 
Tags: olympic games, earthquake, malicious spam campaign, botnet operators, spread malware, bogus alert, false reports, claims, samples
 
 
 
 
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Coding Spyware and Malware for Hire

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2008-07-22 03:52:14 by Dancho Danchev in