In The Fight Against Spam Dutch Police Notify Users Infected with Bot Malware
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August 13th, 2008
The following article came across my desk.
–Dutch Police Notify Users Infected with Bot Malware
(August 8, 2008)
Dutch police have notified people whose computers were infected with malware that made them part of a botnet comprising more than 100,000 PCs. People were redirected to a web page containing directions on disabling the malware and a link to an online virus scanner. The police were able to automatically forward the infected users to the help page because they have taken control of the botnet. A 19-year old man was arrested last week when he tried to sell the botnet to someone in Brazil for GBP 25,000 (US $47,839).
You can view the whole article by going to:
www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/cybercrime/news/index.cfm?NewsId=10427
While the computers comprising a botnet are typically left infected but without direction when the bot herder is caught, the action by the Dutch Police in this case is an interesting turn of events.
My question to you is if your PC was infected and there was a way to inform you about it would you like to be informed – even if it was the tool used to infect your pc that was used to inform you?
- Shaun
P.S. If you’re interested in reading what other people are saying about this around the “Blogosphere” feel free to read the following blog posts:
- Last week the Dutch police arrested a 19 year old Dutch man for selling this botnet to a Brazilian who was also arrested. The arrests were the result of an operation conducted by the High Tech Crime Unit and the FBI. … - The Dutch High Tech Crime Unit identified a large botnet when they arrested a 19 year old Dutch man last week. The Unit asked Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, to provide the victims with … - Police in the Netherlands have claimed a world first after warning victims whose computers were infected by a botnet that was shut down last week. The victims will be forwarded to a special web page offering instructions on cleaning up … - –Dutch Police Notify Users Infected with Bot Malware (August 8, 2008) Dutch police have notified people whose computers were infected with malware that made them part of a botnet comprising more than 100000 … - The computer hacker is alleged to have built a botnet controlling 40000 to 100000 computers across the world. Authorities estimate that 1100 of the hacked computers were based in the Netherlands. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation … - Two brothers suspected of assembling a botnet of between 40000 and 100000 zombies have been arrested by the Dutch police. The younger brother was only a 16 years old, while the older brother is 19. Apparently, the FBI have been … - Dutch police have arrested two Dutch brothers suspected of running a botnet controlling 40000 to 100000 computers, with only a small portion (1100 computers) based in the Netherlands. The FBI has been investigating this case for a while … - Cooperating with the Dutch police. - Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a 19-year-old man and his 16-year-old brother for running and selling a botnet. - Suspected of running a botnet containing up to 100000 computers. - Several botnets have been found and removed from the Internet. The Dutch police found a 1.5 million node botnet[1] and the Norwegian ISP Telenor disbanded a 10000-node botnet.[2] Large coordinated international efforts to shut down … |
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