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The time when worms and viruses were a top priority of IT are long behind us. Botnets and phishing attacks now dominate the webscape and new variations are emerging daily.
Botnets:
To give you an idea on how prevalent this threat is becoming, Zombie Master Jeanson Ancheta pleaded guilty to seizing control of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers and renting the zombie network to people who used it to send out spam. Keep in mind dctt streamyx com this "Zombie Network" included computers at the Weapons Division of the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, California, and at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Ancheta admitted that the scam netted him over $60,000 over 14 months before it was detected. This mindset, motivated by money and working in the background, is typical of the new generation of Internet criminals. The spyware they surreptitiously plant on an unsuspecting user's computer leaves a very small footprint (barely detectable) and worka as a "Slave" to a remote "Master". The End user usually isn't aware that their personal computer or workstation has been "hijacked" as the computer continues to function, perhaps a little slower.
"Botnets", also known as Bot Networks, are masses of hijacked computers, sometimes numbering in the hundreds of thousands as was the case with Ancheta who admitted to directing more than 400,000 computers. Industry research indicates that almost 200,000 computers become zombies EVERYDAY and that figure is steadily rising (Source: CipherTrust).
Historically, Botnets were used to launch streamyx 4m (Distributed Denial of Service attacks) on websites. A disturbing new trend developed by this generation of Internet criminals is to rent their networks to those who want to launch cheap mass email campaigns (also known as Spam) or to extortionists to launch DDoS attacks on legitimate websites. Botnets pose an even more insidious threat. According to Dave Rand, Chief Technologist at Trend Micro, their combined computing power could be used to decrypt Internet traffic. If that were to happen (and thankfully there is no sign of it yet), it could bring e-commerce to a grinding halt.
Phishing Expeditions:
Industry experts state that phishing attacks will grow in 2640t streamyx and sophistication over new streamyx This trend is already streamyx helpline at a fast pace as pointed by David Sancho, an antivirus engineer at security company Trend Micro. David pointed out an attack in Germany which claimed to be from a power company and asked the recipients to click on an streamyx update file that appeared to be a PDF document, which is a file type that the power company uses for paperless billing. In actuality, the file had a .pdf.exe extension and installed a streamyx area on the user's computer when it was executed.
The Trojan then monitored the user's Internet activity (Web pages and online banking access), and sent this information to the Trojan's creator. "It is smarter, because they (the Internet criminals) don't have to set up a fake server,", said David.
According to Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer at F-Secure. "The bad boys are getting more professional and doing more targeted attacks."
Though Windows PCs streamyx tv the primary target for attacks, prepare to see more sophisticated Botnets and phishing attacks, as well as attacks targeting cell phones and streamyx 60 News Feeds.
The Solution
These attacks are major problems that cannot be easily resolved, because the target PCs are primarily home computers and corporate networks connected to an ADSL line. According to Hypponen "It takes a lot of end-user support to explain to a grandmother how to configure the computer. So most ISPs are not doing anything about it".
For networked environments, there are several alternatives that can be implemented at your network's perimeter to mitigate the security risk. If you believe your personal computer or organization's network may be at risk, please consult a PC expert or corporate information security consulting firm for immediate assistance.
Ray Fuller is the Founder, and a Principal, of http://www.ZoneCast.com. ZoneCast, Incorporated provides Corporate Information Security and Business Continuity Services. Ray has over twenty-one years of experience in a variety of technology fields related to corporate information security, disaster recovery planning and business continuity management.
Since its inception, ZoneCast has successfully completed numerous consulting engagements in corporate information security, business continuity management and disaster recovery planning for companies representing a diverse array of industries in several countries.
