[JA] some Bot and Bot Net info
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- Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 11:10:43 -0700
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5202236.html?tag=adnews
While many network administrators worry about the next worm, security
experts are warning that a quieter but equally damaging threat is slowly
gaining control of large networks of computers.
Known as bot software, the remote attack tools can seek out and place
themselves on vulnerable computers, then run silently in the background,
letting an attacker send commands to the system while its owner works
away, oblivious. The latest versions of the software created by the
security underground let attackers control compromised computers through
chat servers and peer-to-peer networks, command the software to attack
other computers and steal information from infected systems.
[...]
"The chances of (Witty) not being launched from a bot net are very thin,"
he said.
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