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Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction?
From: "Paul M. Moriarty" <pmm () igtc com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:09:26 -0700
OK, poor choice of phrase. Everybody and their kraken is looking for PR at RSA. I was more interested to see if any other researchers had independent confirmation of the botnet that Finjan's CTO is talking about. With the help of David Harley and a quick confirmation call to Ferg's hairdresser (who knew Ferg was really a blonde?), it would seem that Eset is detecting it. - Paul - On Apr 22, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Gadi Evron wrote:
Paul M. Moriarty wrote:http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/22/world/worldwatch/entry4960984.shtml "The FBI and British law enforcement authorities are trying to hunt down hackers responsible for the largest botnet (robot network) ever known to the IT world, according to a California- based Internet security company.They are misinformed as to it being the largest botnet in the world, today or in the past. They are also misinformed about it being the fastest forming. Back in the big worms days (when botnets were ignored and more people believed me a nut case for saying they exist) having a million or 4 infected machines within a day, sometime seven trying to connect to one IRC C&C was not unheard of. Today though, such numbers are pointless. Regardless, their botnet may exist, but it is a publicity stunt regardless. And guess what, it works, which is why everyone does it. Gadi.Finjan's Chief Technology Officer has told the Financial Times that six people based in Ukraine are suspected of compromising 1.9 million computers worldwide in just two months — many of them in the U.S. " [...] "However, Rupert Goodwins editor of CBSNews.com's sister site ZDNet.com, says Finjan has offered no hard evidence to back up their claim of discovering the world's largest-ever botnet. " [...] So, another new, big botnet or RSA publicity-seeking hype? - Paul - _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? Paul M. Moriarty (Apr 22)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? David Harley (Apr 22)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? Paul Ferguson (Apr 22)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? Paul M. Moriarty (Apr 22)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 22)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? B.K. DeLong (Apr 22)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? Alex Lanstein (Apr 22)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? Gadi Evron (Apr 22)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? Paul M. Moriarty (Apr 22)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? Larry Seltzer (Apr 22)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? David Harley (Apr 23)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? Julio Canto (Apr 23)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? David Harley (Apr 23)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? Paul M. Moriarty (Apr 22)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? David Harley (Apr 23)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? Gadi Evron (Apr 25)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? David Harley (Apr 25)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? Paul M. Moriarty (Apr 25)
- Re: Finjan botnet story - fact or fiction? David Harley (Apr 26)