CA Warns Of Massive Botnet Attack 357
m4dm4n wrote to mention a story running on The Register which describes a coordinated malware attack designed to establish a massive botnet. From the article: "The attack involves three different Trojans - Glieder, Fantibag and Mitglieder - in a co-ordinated assault designed to establish a huge botnet under the control of hackers. Computer Associates reckons that access to the compromised PCs is for sale on a black market, at prices as low as five cents per PC."
Now.. (Score:5, Funny)
Half Price Zombie PCs. (Score:5, Funny)
Sweet (Score:5, Funny)
SETI (Score:5, Funny)
Wrong career (Score:5, Funny)
Glieder, Fantibag, Mitglieder?
These guys shouldn't be writing code, they should be writing Harry Potter novels.
Highest bidder? (Score:5, Funny)
Heck, that's five cents more per PC than SETI@Home pays me, and they won't eat me when I find them like the aliens will.
Price Check on Aisle 5 (Score:2, Funny)
Oblig. quote (Score:1, Funny)
X-Files? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:SETI (Score:3, Funny)
So Microsoft is telling the truth... (Score:5, Funny)
...at five cents per computer, they do have a lower TCO after all!
Re:Wrong career (Score:1, Funny)
Mein Fuehrer! What is the point of a zombie army if we don't use it?
Get the Facts (Score:5, Funny)
"With volume discounts and integrated tools, we can now offer "managed" remote hosts as low as 5 cents per unit."
Apparently The Register is published in the South (Score:2, Funny)
No, NO. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Now.. (Score:3, Funny)
Come to think of it, the operator is probabil not from US or Western Europe, if they were, they would have had something like 25c/machine, maybe even have a deal: buy 100 for the price of 90. Or perhaps, offer coupons to the slashdot geeks or something.
I personally would be interested and I would buy the botnet just so I can have it attack itself to see what happens.
Re:As I've been saying for years: (Score:3, Funny)
Re:There is a money trail. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Evolution, baby (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Evolution, baby (Score:2, Funny)
Re:SETI (Score:4, Funny)
Using legitimate programs for illegitimate means is garbage. It should not be funny to anyone for any reason.
You know, call it a hunch, but I'm betting you're probably not the guy I want to be testing out my new Holocaust joke on.
Re:Now.. (Score:3, Funny)
IPs for Sale (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ideal opportunity to disinfect the internet (Score:1, Funny)
"It is conceivable, sir. But it would require altering the pathway from the root command, to affect all intricate branchpoints in the--"
"Make every effort, Mister Data."
"Sleep..."
The true victim of Window's security gaps: pirates (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Now.. (Score:3, Funny)
"Yes, sir, Mr. Gates."
LOL. Well it is one thing that Microsoft could do to improve its security, at least in the short term. Kinda sets a bad example, though.
Five cents per compromised machine???
Now the question is, What is the going rate for compromised Linux boxes? Or better yet, for compromised OpenBSD boxes?
That my friends is how you can measure the effectiveness of the security.