Two zombie networks infamous for stealing banking information and spewing spam were hit with a right-left combination last week by botnet fighters. Using the power of the federal RICO Act, Microsoft, along with organizations representing the financial services industry, took down two command-and-control servers running botnets based on Zeus, a malware family known for stealing the logins to banking accounts. Meanwhile, Kaspersky Lab, Dell SecureWorks and other organizations squelched an attempt to revive the Kelihos botnet, which was one of the largest spam-spewing networks in the world before it was taken down last year.
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Bad Week for Botnets
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. April 2, 2012 06:00 AMTwo zombie networks infamous for stealing banking information and spewing spam were hit with a right-left combination last week by botnet fighters. Using the power of the federal RICO Act, Microsoft, along with organizations representing the financial services industry, took down two command-and-control servers running botnets based on Zeus, a malware family known for stealing the logins to banking accounts. Meanwhile, Kaspersky Lab, Dell SecureWorks and other organizations squelched an attempt to revive the Kelihos botnet, which was one of the largest spam-spewing networks in the world before it was taken down last year.