Researchers Take Down Koobface Servers 35
splitenz notes the first actions in the war against the Koobface botnet, taken on the heels of a comprehensive report (PDF) on the operations of the botnet and the criminal gang behind it. The researchers who analyzed Koobface are the same ones who brought Ghostnet to light. "Security researchers, working with law enforcement and Internet service providers, have disrupted the brains of the Koobface botnet.The computer identified as the command-and-control server used to send instructions to infected Koobface machines was offline late Friday (US Pacific time). Criminals behind the botnet made more than $US2 million in one year. Facebook accounts are used to lure victims to Google Blogspot pages, which in turn redirect them to Web servers that contain the malicious Koobface code. This action is only a stage in the war against Koobface."
not sure (Score:5, Funny)
Awesome job guys.
Re:Fight Fire With Fire. (Score:5, Funny)
If we're not willing to us a "no holds barred" approach to attacking the spam bot issue, well, you better just get used to more and more spam.
I'm working on crossing a Predator Drone with traceroute. Right now it's more like 'Tron' meets the 'A-Team' but it's still in the development phase. I'll let you know when I'm ready to test it ;-)