Botnets Find New Internet Homes Quickly

Author: Donald Sears

March 12, 2010 12:09 pm

The takedown of 100 servers used to control Zeus-related botnets may
be a short-lived victory, security researchers said after discovering
that about a third of the orphaned channels were able to regain
connectivity in less than 48 hours. The resurrection of at least 30 command and control channels came
after their ISP found a new upstream provider to
provide connectivity to the outside world, autonomous system records
showed. Read the full article. [The Register]

The takedown of 100 servers used to control Zeus-related botnets may
be a short-lived victory, security researchers said after discovering
that about a third of the orphaned channels were able to regain
connectivity in less than 48 hours. The resurrection of at least 30 command and control channels came
after their ISP found a new upstream provider to
provide connectivity to the outside world, autonomous system records
showed. Read the full article. [The Register]

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