botnets

Botnets can also be used in identity theft, the FBI warned, urging Internet users not to open Valentine's greetings from unknown genders.

Initially the FBI said it wanted to track down infected computers in the botnets it had identified and warn their owners.

And, he says, the Zeus botnets are not easy to identify.

Zeus botnets are positioned all over the world. Mr. Boscovich says they act as command and control centers for the infected computers.

This list demonstrates that attackers can cause a great deal of harm or criminal activity with the help of botnets.

So far I tried to point out that botnets are smaller, more sophisticated, and single-purposed.

As you can see, Europe, especially Eastern Europe, has become a major hotbed for botnets.

For a primer on botnets, take a look at this short video from Symantec.

DDoS attacks usually rely on botnets, or networks of computers that run malicious software that fire off requests to a web site.

it provide a clear example for how smartphones are prime targets to become botnets once connected to a user's personal computer.

When filters blocked mail from suspect network addresses, the spammers used botnets (networks of hijacked computers) instead.

As botnets evolve from simple vandalism to sophisticated criminality, people take them more seriously.

In response, senders started using botnets (networks of otherwise innocent computers).

Botnets continue to proliferate, despite recent botnet takedowns.

Such botnets can be created, or simply rented from cyber-criminals.

Another interesting application was created to identify botnets for email spam.

RICHARD BOSCOVICH: "It's not just one botnet but probably hundreds of different botnets that come from this particular code base. "

The main reason for this phenomenon is the emergence of botnets.

The honeypot technology has played the very major role in analysising Phishing attacks and tracking BotNets.

They send the spam from "botnets" , networks of hacked personal computers.

Symantec estimates that there are approximately 5 million spam-sending botnets worldwide.

Old botnets are being brought back online, and new botnets are being created.

Akamai also looked at where most of the traffic from botnets and other attack traffic originated from.

Of course, once that becomes common, the botnets will follow.

A partial answer to botnets lies in better defences and detection.

Rather than using automated botnets, PHP scripts were utilised in crowd-sourced assaults on the government.

It is becoming easier to identify botnets and to spot the clever and scary ones quickly.

Statistics show that 8 out of 10 computers connected to the Internet in China have been hacked. 70% of the world's Botnets are in China.

88% of all spam is sent from botnets (networks of compromised PCs).

Botnets using Web 2. 0 technology via social networks also are on the rise.

Cybercriminals rent out use of their botnets on the black market.

As we mentioned above, 88% of all spam is sent from botnets.

But investigations traced them only to Russian "hacktivists" and criminal botnets;

Developing software that shuts down botnets

Be aware of the growing threat of botnets

Here's a map of the spam-sending botnets in 2010