A botnet is a collection of computers that are under the control of a person or group, usually facilitated by malware. These computers are often used to take part in DDoS attacks and spamming.
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Tools to identify and report hacking attempts originating inside reputable organizations?
Re: Should I report hacking attempts? - Server Fault
Lots of people look at their own logs for attacks from the outside. But who regularly reports such attacks back to the source? I'm mainly ...
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How can I tell whether this computer is part of a botnet?
One of the computers that I manage (in the family, not business) has a weird set of files in its boot: bash.exe, curl.exe, uname.exe, sed.exe, rm.exe, tail.exe, cut.exe, awk.exe, cat.exe, chmod.exe, ...
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What is known about the sirefef/zeroaccess malware/botnet?
There appears to be an increase in p2p communication among botnets that has been attributed to the sirefef/zeroaccess malware botnet. What is known on this particular threat?
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Looking for botnet IP address feeds to protect against DDoS
I would like to get a live feed of botnet IP addresses delivered from a service and block them under certain conditions. Preferably community based/open source but open to looking at worthy commercial ...
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how to mitigate a DDoS from botnet on your website that comes from random IPs
I am wondering how do you mitigate a ddos attack which is coming from a botnet and hitting random URLs on a website.
If there was a consistent URL it was hitting then it would be fairly simple, and ...
