- Kraken botnet
As of April 2008 , the Kraken botnet is the world's largestbotnet , according to researchers at the computer security company Damballa. They state that Kraken has infected machines in at least 50 of theFortune 500 companies and has reached the size of over 400,000 bots. [http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=150292&WT.svl=news1_1 New Massive Botnet Twice the Size of Storm] , accessed2008-04-07 ] It is estimated to send 9 billion spam messages per day. The Kraken botnet malware may have been designed to evade anti-virus software, and is apparently virtually undetectable to conventional anti-virus software. [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/07/kraken_botnet_menace/ Move over Storm - there's a bigger, stealthier botnet in town] , accessed2008-04-07 ]Joe Stewart, Director of Malware Research at
SecureWorks , claims that Kraken is another name for an existing botnet, Bobax, also known as Bobic, Oderoor, Cotmonger, and Hacktool.Spammer. He claims that it is smaller than "Srizbi," a botnet that controls 315,000 computers.On April 9, Damballa issued a response to claims that Kraken was just another name for Bobax.Royal, Paul, [http://www.damballa.com/downloads/press/Kraken_Response.pdf On the Kraken and Bobax Botnets] ,
2008-04-09 , retrieved2008-04-09 ] A week later Damballa released instructions for removing the Kraken malware from computersDamballa, [http://www.damballa.com/downloads/brochures/Kraken_Remediation.pdf Remediating Hosts Compromised by the Kraken BotArmy] ,2008-04-16 , retrieved2008-04-16 ] and a list of IPs comprising the Kraken botnet. The list shows that on April 13, 2008 that were 495,000 computers in the Kraken botnet.Damballa, [http://www.damballa.com/mediacenter/kraken_info.php Kraken Information] ,2008-04-16 , retrieved2008-04-16 ]ee also
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*Storm botnet
*Srizbi botnet
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*Malbot References
External links
* Fisher, Dennis, [http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1308645,00.html Kraken botnet balloons to dangerous levels] , SearchSecurity.com, Apr. 7, 2008, retrieved
2008-04-07
*Orion, Egan, [http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/07/botnet-worm-loose There's a new botnet worm on the loose: Kraken seeks to sink the Fortune 500] , "The Inquirer ", April 7, 2008, retrieved2008-04-07
*Jackson, Kelly [http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=150292&WT.svl=news1_1 New Massive Botnet Twice the Size of Storm] , "Dark Reading", April 7, 2008, retrieved2008-04-07
* Goodin, Dan, [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/07/kraken_botnet_menace/ Move over Storm - there's a bigger, stealthier botnet in town: 400,000 machines get Kraken] , "The Register ", April 7, 2008 retrieved2008-04-07
* Neri, [http://tengoun.com.ar/kraken-botnet/botnet/04/2008/ Kraken Botnet, la Botnet mas grande del Mundo] , retrieved2008-04-07 , en español.
* Pierce, Cody, [http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/04/28/owning-kraken-zombies Owning Kraken Zombies, a Detailed Dissection] ,2008-04-28 , retrieved2008-04-28
* Amini, Pedram, [http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/04/28/kraken-botnet-infiltration Kraken Botnet Infiltration] ,2008-04-28 , retrieved2008-04-28
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