
FireEye, Anti-malware & Anti-Botnet Security An interesting recap/summary by Lenny Zeltser over on his SANS blog.
Source: blogs.sans.org
SANS Institute Computer Forensic Blog

FireEye, Anti-malware & Anti-Botnet Security SANS on the recent Ozdok takedown and Recovery Ideas. Pls share your thoughts on the SANS diary posting
Source: isc.sans.org
SANS Internet Storm Center - A global cooperative cyber threat / internet security monitor and alert system. Featuring daily handler diaries with summarizing and analyzing new threats to networks and internet security events.

FireEye, Anti-malware & Anti-Botnet Security Be sure to check out your Wordpress blog code for malicious PHP
Source: www.sfgate.com
Article:Botnet authors crash WordPress sites with buggy code:/g/a/2009/11/04/urnidgns852573C40069388000257664007211A8.DTL

FireEye, Anti-malware & Anti-Botnet Security Great job Research Team! Mega-D / Ozdok botnet knocked off Internet
Source: blog.fireeye.com
In my previous article, I talked about the Ozdok command and control architecture and its fallback mechanisms in great detail. That article was an attempt to highlight different approaches to take down this botnet theoretically. ...

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Cool presentation from Alex Lanstein at Kentucky ISSA http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=video s/blocking-the-covert-channels-used-for- malicious-data-theft-alex-lanstein
Source: www.irongeek.com
Irongeek's Information Security site with tutorials, articles and other information.

Source: www.nytimes.com
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers -- the armies of infected personal computers, known as ''botnets,'' that suck up bandwidth by sending spam and facilitating cybercrime.

FireEye, Anti-malware & Anti-Botnet Security
http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2009/09 /killing-the-beastpart-3.html
Source: blog.fireeye.com
In the third part of this series, I'm going to discuss the command and control structure of another famous botnet, Clampi a.k.a ilomo. Clampi is all about data stealing and is famous for its anti-reversing and evasion techniques. ...

FireEye, Anti-malware & Anti-Botnet Security CSI is gearing up for CSI 2009 to be held October 24-30 in D.C. Hope to see you there, and spread the word! http://www.csiannual.com FireEye's Alex Lanstein will be speaking.

FireEye, Anti-malware & Anti-Botnet Security Register Free for the SC eConference on 9/22/09. CISO of Experian and SVP of Risk Mgmt of MetLife will be presenting.
Source: events.unisfair.com
Go to Tools Menu->Internet Options, choose the "Security" Tab and click on the Custom Level. Then select "Enable active scripting" under the scripting section.

FireEye, Anti-malware & Anti-Botnet Security FireEye's on some bad guys' radar screens!
Source: voices.washingtonpost.com
You know you've attracted the attention of online troublemakers when they start using their malicious software to taunt you by name. Such is apparently the case with the latest version of Koobface, a worm that spreads on Facebook, Twitter and...

FireEye, Anti-malware & Anti-Botnet Security Alex will be speaking at next month's Hacker Halted on 9/24, 2pm EST http://hackerhalted.com
Source: hackerhaltedblog.com
At FireEye, Alex handles a broad set of responsibilities including product engineering, sales engineering, and security research. Most recently, his security research was published by The Washington Post, ...

FireEye, Anti-malware & Anti-Botnet Security Are you at BlackHat? Several FireEye researchers are attending BlackHat as well as Defcon! See you there!
BlackHat USA 2009: Russian's Organized Crime Heritage Paved Way For Cybercrime - Security - IT Chann
Source: www.crn.com
Russia's longstanding history with organized crime has nurtured current sophisticated cybercrime organizations dedicated to information stealing and political hacktivism.

FireEye, Anti-malware & Anti-Botnet Security FTC took down rogue ISP 3fn in early June. More details about 3fn's cyber criminal activities that lead to their shutdown
Source: blog.fireeye.com
“Wait … *beep beep* back up for a second, Alex. I heard 3fn was brought down by the FTC!” That would be correct! On June 4th the FTC served a takedown notice that essentially dropped 3fn (aka “Triple Fiber Network”, Pricewert, APX Telecom, APS Communications) off the Internet. ...















