From The H Security
According to information which only recently came to light, in early April a botnet consisting of an estimated 100,000 PCs apparently destroyed itself – as its control server send out a command that made Windows inoperable. The botnet was based on the Zeus [rsa.com] botnet tool kit, which allows criminals to infect and subsequently remotely control users’ PCs. Read the full story [h-online.com]
According to information which only recently came to light, in early April a botnet consisting of an estimated 100,000 PCs apparently destroyed itself – as its control server send out a command that made Windows inoperable. The botnet was based on the Zeus [rsa.com] botnet tool kit, which allows criminals to infect and subsequently remotely control users’ PCs. Read the full story [h-online.com]
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