As a conscientious system administrator, network
administrator, or security professional, you've no doubt
been frustrated by the lack of good usable information about
the latest, and most deadly internet attack, botnets. From
diagrams to help you explain botnets to management, to
working code to help you detect and respond to them,
Botnets: Killer Web App has it all. Botnets are being hired
to take out the competition, via DDOS attacks, in
Clicks4Hire schemes to defraud Internet Advertising sites,
in launching targeted Spam and phishing attacks. They use
trojan horse software with remote control capabilities,
stealth features that kill A/V software. The Command and
Control servers use Fast Flux domains, sites that rapidly
change their domain name or even IP addresses, to play an
Internet version of the shell game. They steal identity and
financial account information from infected hosts. They can
be used to store prohibited materials, like child
pornography, on your Mom or Dad's computer rather than on
one that might lead to the actual pedophile's conviction.
Botnets: Killer Web App, answers your questions about this
new technology threat. What are they? How do they spread?
How do they work? How can I detect them when they don't want
to be seen? What tools are available to fight this menace?
What kind of help is there across the Internet and within
Law Enforcement? Botnets: Killer Web App, covers all this
and more.