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CA Warns Of Massive Botnet Attack

Posted by Zonk on from the watch-your-heads dept.

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."

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  1. Now.. by Cruithne · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now witness the power of this fully operational botnet... :/

    1. Re:Now.. by yiantsbro · · Score: 3, Funny

      True, but if it truly were an American deal there would be a rebate involved somewhere (where you have to send in screenshots of the attack, printed MAC addresses from the machines, etc.).

  2. Half Price Zombie PCs. by iolagnm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Welcome to Blackbeard's weapons emporium. You will see we have the finest collection of AK-47s, anti-aircraft missiles, and Airzookas. Oh, and over here we have wholesale zombie PCs.

  3. Sweet by Quasar1999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do I have to buy the whole network at 5 cents a PC? Or can I just buy say a dollar's worth? I wouldn't mind having 20 PC's... I can force all those PCs to join my network games of Quake and Unreal... finally I'll have people to play with... gasp... maybe even online 'friends'! Mommy will be so happy... in fact I think I'll go upstairs right now and tell her the good news!

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  4. SETI by dmauro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the SETI program should invest in some of this cheap computing power...

    1. Re:SETI by InvaderSkooge · · Score: 3, Funny

      SETI engages in seeking distributed computing power through legitimate means..... to endorse this would undermine the purpose of SETI in the first place. Illegitimate use of computers scares away aliens?

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    2. Re:SETI by InvaderSkooge · · 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.

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  5. Wrong career by Itchy+Rich · · Score: 5, Funny

    Glieder, Fantibag, Mitglieder?

    These guys shouldn't be writing code, they should be writing Harry Potter novels.

  6. Highest bidder? by syntap · · Score: 5, Funny

    access to the compromised PCs is for sale on a black market, at prices as low as five cents per PC.

    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.

  7. So Microsoft is telling the truth... by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...at five cents per computer, they do have a lower TCO after all!

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  8. Get the Facts by mcleodnine · · Score: 4, Funny

    In a recent survey of BotNet administrators, hosts running Microsoft Windows operating systems were found to have at least a 40% less TCO than a comparable Linux offering.

    "With volume discounts and integrated tools, we can now offer "managed" remote hosts as low as 5 cents per unit."

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