Here's how the private sector wants to fight botnets

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

https://www.cyberscoop.com/csde-international-anti-botnet-guide/

By Zaid Shoorbajee
CYBERSCOOP
Nov 29, 2018

In an effort protect the internet and its denizens from coordinated, 
automated cyberattacks, an industry group released an "International 
Anti-Botnet Guide" on Thursday.

The guide offers best practices to collectively secure the digital 
ecosystem from botnets, the large networks of computer systems that 
malicious cyber actors use to automate and scale destructive online 
activity spreading malware like distributed denial of service (DDoS) 
attacks.

The guide was put together by the Council to Secure the Digital Economy 
(CSDE), a group of trade associations that represent the technology 
industry, including USTelecom, Information Technology Industry Council 
(ITI) and Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

At an event announcing the new guide in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, 
industry representatives touted the effort as a stepping stone for market 
self-regulation that will curb the cyber risks that organizations often 
face when acting alone.

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