Wanna know the present (future) of computer security?

[reapersaurus]

I've been involved in computer security for many years, and have kept an ear open for the ways people get their computer compromised.
It has progressed from viruses being attached to programs that were distributed by floppies, to Word attachments & scripts via email, to peer-to-peer trojans masquerading as desired programs, to Instant Message

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[rpmiller]

Here's another one that is quite scary. Storm Worm. This is a series of articles showing its growth.

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/60752,storm-worm-botnet-more-powerful-than-top-supercomputers.aspx
http://www.hermetix.org/?q=node/33
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=592

And an interview with a hacker. Unrelated to the above, but on topic with the bad men.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202101781

[reapersaurus]

Storm Worm!
That's the one I was thinking of, but couldn't find in the short searches I was trying for the journal entry.
Thanks for adding those.

update on botnets

[reapersaurus]

http://itnews.com.au/News/75105,storm-botnet-blows-itself-out.aspx

Apparently, Storm is going away, partially due to Microsoft's Updates Malicious Removal Tools.

Of course, the bot called Kraken has taken over, and others are even larger and capable of delivering more spam than Storm ever could.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9076278

Researchers have inflitrated Kraken and could send repair commands to infected zombiebots:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9081258