RE: [ISN] Expert slams outlandish hacker claims

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Date: Wed Jul 02 2003 - 02:45:17 PDT

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    Forwarded from: David Watson <David.Watsonat_private>
    
    Following Lance's comment, an example botnet control method:
    
    http://botnet.sourceforge.net
    
    A example of a massive recent co-ordinated botnet attack:
    
    http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/1573551
    http://zine.dal.net/previousissues/issue22/letter-from-the-editor.php
    
    Press coverage of the Honeynet's botnet analysis:
    
    http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000048600,20273555-1,
    00.htm
    
    Thanks,
    
    David
    
    David Watson           Voice: +44 1904 438000
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    Ioko365       Email: david.watsonat_private
     
    
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: InfoSec News [mailto:isnat_private]
    > Sent: 01 July 2003 12:08
    > To: isnat_private
    > Subject: Re: [ISN] Expert slams outlandish hacker claims
    > 
    > Forwarded from: Lance Spitzner <lanceat_private>
    > 
    > On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, InfoSec News wrote:
    > 
    > > But Barrett, technical director at Information Risk Management,
    > > questioned how any hacker could own 600 computers at any one time.
    > >
    > >  From his experience working with the police, he said that hackers
    > > typically control no more than 12 systems at any time.
    > >
    > > "The sheer mechanics of 600 computers - no. How can you control 600
    > > computers?" he said.
    > 
    > *sigh*
    > 
    >        http://www.honeynet.org/scans/scan27/
    > 
    > lance
    
    
    
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