Anatomy of a botnet

	View online	September 15, 2008

	Anatomy of a botnet What if you wanted to build your own botnet to act as a spam relay or to launch a denial-of-service attack against an organization or a country? "It's actually a lot of work," says Joe Stewart, director of malicious software research at SecureWorks. I had a chance to talk with Stewart at this year's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas where, in a talk, he provided insight into the inner workings of one botnet, the Storm worm botnet. Using unpackers, debuggers, and decompilers, Stewart was able to dissect the rogue network and learn how it works and why Storm remains so resilient when other botnets simply fail over time. Read more  Security Bites podcast  Defense in Depth blog  CNET Security Center Robert Vamosi CNET.com Latest forum discussions Trojan causes virus alert to display Posted by artypoe My PC has been infected with a trojan which causes VIRUS ALERT! to appear beside the time. It also blocks the accessing of My Computer and the desktop properties. Read more  Web navigating problems Posted by aloairam The problem is that something is not letting me navigate certain Web pages Read more  ZoneAlarm 8 major problems Posted by huskydog137 I have been having major problems after upgrade from version 7 to 8. My computer is extremely slow to shut down/restart. IE8 and Firefox 3.0 crash after clicking onto to Amazon.com sites. Read more  News Panel: Mobile payments misunderstood in U.S. The media are responsible, in part, for the lack of greater adoption of mobile payment systems in the United States, a panel of payment leaders said here Thursday at the fall 2008 CTIA. Read more News Making the corporation safe from insiders, malware and data leaks A variety of new enterprise security-related products were presented at DemoFall, including software for blocking malicious software and preventing data leaks and insider threats, and a desktop management service. Read more Security blogs 1. iTunes 8 updated for Windows Vista 2. Hackers break into Large Hadron Collider computer system 3. 'Cybersecurity' worries prompt Congress to rethink electrical grid 4. New tool creates fake YouTube pages for spreading malware 5. Trend Micro releases 2009 Internet Security Suites 6. Acrobat 9 crashes with malformed URLs 7. Report: SF officials looking for hidden network device 8. iPhone iSpy? 9. Obama sex video? Hardly. It's spyware spreading via e-mail 10. Arizona death notices taken offline on ID fraud concerns   Related Newsletters Stay informed on the tech topics that matter to you most CNET offers a wide variety of newsletters on everything from tech industry news to the latest games and gear. Browse the entire list now. Manage newsletters Related resources  CNET Security Center  CNET Download.com Security Center  CNET News.com Security Dashboard
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