From Mary Brown | September 22nd, 2009
There has long been speculation as to the number of computers on the Internet and whether they have been compromised in such a way as to make them available to a hacker. The compromised computers, known as bots or zombies, can be consolidated and ‘pointed’ at a target to create distributed denial of service attacks (DDOS).
Raul Siles, reports on efforts by both the IETF and the IIA to develop guidance for ISPs; to locate and eliminate these compromised systems from their networks.
How important do you think it is to mitigate the problem with bots and how can we as information security professionals support that effort? Share your thoughts.
Tags: bots, DDOS, distributed denial of service attack, mitigating bots, service attacks, zombies
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From Mary Brown | July 15th, 2009
My recent post on the decentralized denial of service attacks against (primarily) government sites in the US and South Korea included some discussion on the role of zombies or bots in contributing to the success of these kinds of attacks.
Commtouch, in their Q2 report on Internet Threat Trends, demonstrates that this problem of large numbers of computers that are under the control of hackers, continues to grow.
What can the information security profession contribute to society in terms of helping to reverse this obviously dangerous trend? Share your thoughts.
Tags: bots, Commtouch, hackers, information security profession, Internet Threat Trends, zombies
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