HackFest Series: Linux Botnets - WAS: OT: Hijacked botnet exposes startling online habits

[Lisa Kachold]

Yes, the whole concept of researchers hijacking malware is fascinating,
especially since they did it by registering unregistered domains, and then
spoofing as a C & C servers.  It's a precarious ethical quandry.

The Torpig is a Windows botnet.
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojtorpiga.html

Linux (and Mac) however are also adversely affected by botnets:

http://lwn.net/Articles/222153/

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Stephen P Rufle <stephen.p.rufle at cox.net>wrote:

>
> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/252353/hijacked-botnet-exposes-startling-online-habits.html
>
> Thought it was interesting in regards to security. I did not read the
> pdf linked in the article, but it would be interesting to know what the
> breakdown by OS is :). Or does it even matter if most info is actually
> gotten through website exploits of some type.
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