http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/10/28/243593/Iranian-Cyber-Army39s-plan-to-sell-botnets-increases-threat.htm By Warwick Ashford ComputerWeekly.com 28 October 2010 Hacktivist group, the Iranian Cyber Army (ICA), has announced that it plans to sell access to its botnets, which have been responsible for attacks on social networks like Twitter and the Chinese equivalent of Google, Baidu. The rise of these 'hacker shops' represents a new level of threat for governments and businesses, with botnets now forming the backbone for malicious cyber activities, according to the latest research from Microsoft. Some 6.5 million botnet infections were cleaned between April and June this year - double the number in the same period last year, the 9th Microsoft Security Intelligence Report revealed. The high profile announcement by the ICA is evidence of a more co-ordinated effort than ever before by the hacking community to execute targeted attacks, said Alan Bentley, vice-president international at security firm Lumension. "While this is certainly not the first case of malicious code being sold online, with the rise of highly complex attacks like Stuxnet and Zeus the online hacker shops of old seem like child's play when compared to this new wave of collaborative cyber warfare," he said. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Thu Oct 28 2010 - 23:43:19 PDT
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