Re: Attack of the Zombie Computers Is a Growing Threat

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Fergie wrote:
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> Lots of my friends and colleagues (and my boss, even :-) quoted in
> this article by John Markhoff in tomorrow's New York Times.

I completely forgot about talking to him. Nice guy. He seems to have done
good work!

Surprise surprise on all those quoted (except the sales lady).
The public front is as important as any, in a war, and making sure people
are aware of what's going on rather than keep it secret for secrecy's
sake, is just as important as preventing ships from sinking.

> [snip]
>
> In their persistent quest to breach the Internet’s defenses, the bad guys
> are honing their weapons and increasing their firepower.
>
> With growing sophistication, they are taking advantage of programs that
> secretly install themselves on thousands or even millions of personal
> computers, band these computers together into an unwitting army of zombies,
> and use the collective power of the dragooned network to commit Internet
> crimes.
>
> These systems, called botnets, are being blamed for the huge spike in spam
> that bedeviled the Internet in recent months, as well as fraud and data
> theft.
>
> Security researchers have been concerned about botnets for some time
> because they automate and amplify the effects of viruses and other
> malicious programs.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/technology/07net.html
>
> Enjoy.
>
> - - ferg
>
> p.s. Special congrats, Rick & Adam. :-)
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>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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