Cybercrime taskforce collects huge botnet scalp on first go A sophisticated botnet has been neutered by a consortium starring the Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit and the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce. The botnet, known by a number of names, including AAEH and Beebone, was a "polymorphic downloader bot" which installed various forms of malware on victims’ computers. Like an …
I wonder if there are any clues as to the source of the malware from such things as original domain registrations fort eh C&C domains, IP address logs etc.
It's nice to see something being done an an international scale to tackle this sort of organised crime. It would be nicer to see the culprits identified and stopped.
I wonder if there are any clues as to the source of the malware...
The list of groups associated in taking the botnet down includes representatives from Russia, the EU, the US... Wait! Canada wasn't on the list. It must have been Canadian in origin! OK, a bit if a joke, but it illustrates the sort of problem investigators face in tracking down the culprits. It's very easy to mask where an attack originates, but very difficult to track if the attackers are even halfway competent.
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