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Zeus Botnet Down But Not Out

Posted by timothy on from the like-the-energizer-bunny-in-more-ways-than-one dept.

harryjohnston writes "The Register points out that the takedown of a significant number of Zeus command-and-control servers, which we discussed earlier, was a short-lived victory, as about one-third of the affected servers were back on the net in less than 48 hours." Adds itwbennet: "Just hours after network connectivity to Troyak was severed the ISP peered with a new upstream Internet service provider named Ya. The next step will be to 'de-peer' Troyak from its new service provider, either an ISP named Nassist or its upstream provider, Hurricane Electric, said a researcher familiar with the matter. 'We have taken some of their territory, they are trying to out flank us,' the researcher said via IM. 'We are going to win this one — we have 'em boxed in.'"

11 of 67 comments (clear)

  1. Sometimes headshots aren't enough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    n/t

  2. Car Analogy by SolidAltar · · Score: 1, Funny

    So the Zeus is like a Toyota. You get a fix for it but it turns out they'll just keep going anyway.

    1. Re:Car Analogy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Just no man, no. Let it go...

    2. Re:Car Analogy by SolidAltar · · Score: 2, Funny

      Car analogies
      I don't know how to quit you.

  3. Well I'm sold. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How much are they charging per month for use of a command-and-control server? Can I host my e-commerce site on Zeus?

    Do you have to share the command and control server with other users? Or do they have a "private command server" option?

    (On a side note- will twittering help my business?)

  4. Re:Here's how to defeat Zeus... by Cryacin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Aparently if your father had encased something else in rubber, we wouldn't have to listen to your drivel...

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    Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
  5. Rule #2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Double Tap

  6. Re:This is so cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Might work if you're fighting Charlie. It don't work if you're fighting Marines.

    "All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"
    - Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC

  7. Re:Redundancy by Scrab · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do I have the Major General's song in my head now?

    "I am the very model of good "high availability.
    My peers and I retain a certain level of redundancy."

    Damnit, I'm meant to be at work, not filking...

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    RoseColor red={0, 0xffff, 0x0000, 0x0000};VioletColour blue={0, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0xffff};find / -name *mybase*|chown you
  8. Re:Here's how to defeat Zeus... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    All they had back then was lambskin.

    So? Banging sheep is a perfectly good method of birth control.

    Hah! captcha = untapped

  9. Re:Botnets by Fnord666 · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's the easiest way to check a machine for infestation?

    Reboot the machine. If the startup screen says Windows, just go ahead and assume it's infested.

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    'The tyrant will always find pretext for his tyranny.' - Aesop's Fables