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Botnet CnCs Archive

June 22, 2011

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:47 PM/CST

FBI Begins Disinfecting Coreflood from User PCs

The FBI starts cleaning up infected Coreflood computers. The 24 users who gave permission to FBI reported no adverse effects.

January 26, 2011

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:04 PM/CST

Russian Hosting Provider Taken Offline

A hosting provider linked to botnets and malicious activity has been taken offline.

November 2, 2010

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 6:10 PM/CST

Designing Smartphone Botnet Command and Control Infrastructure

Security researchers recently discussed some ways attackers could wield control over a botnet of smartphones.

July 20, 2010

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:56 AM/CST

How Attackers Use Social Networks for Command and Control Operations

EMC's RSA security division takes a look at how social networks are used for command and control purposes by attackers.

May 19, 2010

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 6:48 PM/CST

FTC Wins Court Victory Against Rogue ISP

A court has ordered rogue ISP 3FN shut down permanently and liquidate its assets.

May 18, 2010

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 4:09 PM/CST

Twitter Botnet Do-It-Yourself Tool Surfaces

Security researchers found a DIY tool for creating a Twitter botnet, yet another example of attackers using untraditional methods of command and control.

March 16, 2010

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:04 PM/CST

Koobface Crew Has a Busy Weekend

According to security firm Zscaler, the number of C&C servers used by the Koobface worm shot up to 122 over the weekend.

February 24, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7:02 AM/CST

Botnet Domains Highlight Global Reach

Botnets are using CnCs resident on TLDs located around the globe to sustain themslves, according to a new report by Damballa.

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