Internet Botnets: The Storm Botnet is not the Big Kid on the Block Anymore, Hello Kraken
Botnet is a term for a collection of software robots or bots on compromised computer systems called zombie computers. The majority of these computers are running Microsoft Windows operating systems, but other operating systems have been known to be affected as well. A botnet's originator is called "bot herder" and can control the group remotely using IRC to conduct malicious activities.
The Storm botnet once considered the biggest botnet network with capabilities to force entire countries off the Internet as been replace with the Kraken botnet.
Karken Botnet:
As of April 2008, the Kraken botnet is the world's largest botnet, according to researchers at the computer security company Damballa. They state that Kraken has infected machines in at least 50 of the Fortune 500 companies and has reached the size of over 400,000 bots. The Kraken botnet virus may have been designed to evade anti-virus software, and is apparently virtually undetectable to conventional anti-virus software.
A full write on malware and these specific botnets can be located on SecurityOrb.com
Botnet is a term for a collection of software robots or bots on compromised computer systems called zombie computers. The majority of these computers are running Microsoft Windows operating systems, but other operating systems have been known to be affected as well. A botnet's originator is called "bot herder" and can control the group remotely using IRC to conduct malicious activities.
The Storm botnet once considered the biggest botnet network with capabilities to force entire countries off the Internet as been replace with the Kraken botnet.
Karken Botnet:
As of April 2008, the Kraken botnet is the world's largest botnet, according to researchers at the computer security company Damballa. They state that Kraken has infected machines in at least 50 of the Fortune 500 companies and has reached the size of over 400,000 bots. The Kraken botnet virus may have been designed to evade anti-virus software, and is apparently virtually undetectable to conventional anti-virus software.
A full write on malware and these specific botnets can be located on SecurityOrb.com
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