Re: Maintainers of 100,000+ computer botnet arrested

[Gary Warner <gar () askgar com>]

A computer-generated translation of the original Dutch article (since 
this is funsec).

My favorite part is "under the guidance of the rural parquet floor" == 
"onder leiding van het Landelijk Parket"
(Some kind of governing body??)

_-_
gar



http://www.om.nl/?s=3&p=lp&id=5145

as told by

http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr

' Zombie ' network of than 100,000 gehackte computers more

The national recherche has apprehended Tuesday three men who supposedly 
a large-scale and worldwide network of than 100,000 has set up gehackte 
computers more. The computers have been found by an automated attack 
with a Trojan horse, malicious software which nests themselves ongemerkt 
in the computers of victims. Of the contaminated computers stand there 
to estimate some thousands in the Netherlands.

In the research - under the guidance of the rural parquet floor - the 
national recherche is assisted experts of the National high Tech crime 
Center (NHTCC). Moreover is GOVCERT. Netherlands, computer Emergency 
Response team of the Dutch government, XS4All Internet and other 
providers involved at the dismantling of the so-called ' botnet '.

The botnet - abbreviations for a computer network of robots - were 
checked hackers which on distance computers could the weak-willed ' 
zombie ' use to steal confidential information (creditcard - and bank 
details) or to take part in massive attacks on Internet sites, so-called 
distributed Denial or service (dDoS) attacks.

The installed ' bone ' programmes conducted the tasks which expenditure 
the hackers independently and whole automated.

Malicious software - W32.Toxbot -, used by the hackers, beginning has 
been noticed this year.  It is a virus which opens the infected control 
system of a computer for the hacker. Toxbot fix toetsaanslagen of 
damaged computers and make these data available to penetrated 
cybercriminelen. To remove software this virus is for a long time 
antivirus available. The hackers adapted the virus however always in ' 
race ' with antivirus producers.

With 100,000 infected computers the dismantled botnet have been ever 
brought of largest. The botnet existed from gehackte servers and PC's of 
thuisgebruikers who ' zombie got codes ' sent by means of computers 
spread concerning the complete world. ' Zombie ' networks are considered 
at this moment as the largest threat of the security on Internet. The 
dangers of these networks both by the government and ict-industrie are 
very taken seriously.

The research of the national recherche aims at penetrating computers, 
destruction of automated networks, installing adware and spyware. 
Supposedly programmed also suspected against payment viruses with which 
the inloggegevens of Internet bank accounts could be intercepted.

Moreover dDoS attack are examined on the Internet site of a company in 
the United States which have been wrested supposedly by suspected. From 
the research has become clear that suspected themselves supposedly also 
guilty make to burgled on accounts at PayPal and e-Bay. These accounts 
were taken over and were used without to pay goods to order on the 
Internet.

The head hoofdverdachte is a 19 person whose birthday it is man from 
remunerations on sand. The other suspected its 22 and 27 years. They end 
up tilburg and Rijswijk (ZH). At doorzoekingen of the houses of 
suspected seizure has been laid on computers, administration, a bank 
account, cash money and a sport car.

Suspected its today taken before to the rechter-commissaris in breda. 
According to the expectations adjournments still more will follow.

For information: Wim the bruin

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Speaking of Botnets in the Netherlands, to watch an informative video on 
Botnets in Dutch, follow this link:

http://www.waarschuwingsdienst.nl/movies/botnetfilm_nl.wmv

To hear it in English with a fetching Dutch accent (I'm sorry, Dutch 
women always make me think of Patsy Kensit from Lethal Weapon 2 and then 
???what was I saying???), follow this link:

http://www.waarschuwingsdienst.nl/movies/botnetfilm_en.wmv


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