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Title: MASSIVE BOTNET - powered by bitcoin? Post by: hawk196 on June 30, 2011, 06:40:09 AM This article shows up on HN: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218034/Massive_botnet_indestructible_say_researchers
about a botnet that's almost indestructible and operates on p2p encrypted communication. Could it be possible this is what bitcoin is used for? LOLLL Title: Re: MASSIVE BOTNET - powered by bitcoin? Post by: d3wo on June 30, 2011, 07:25:14 AM This article shows up on HN: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218034/Massive_botnet_indestructible_say_researchers about a botnet that's almost indestructible and operates on p2p encrypted communication. Could it be possible this is what bitcoin is used for? LOLLL After view the article, if that is a real virus. Then we are on deepshit :( Thanks OP for the information. Title: Re: MASSIVE BOTNET - powered by bitcoin? Post by: Chick on June 30, 2011, 07:37:08 AM BITCOIN IS A VIRUS?
Title: Re: MASSIVE BOTNET - powered by bitcoin? Post by: jashan on June 30, 2011, 07:45:47 AM BITCOIN IS A VIRUS? Didn't you know? It's a wetware virus! Once you get in touch with it, it's in your brains and takes hold, making sure your attention is constantly on forum.bitcoin.org and bitcoincharts.com. The good news: Eventually, it'll make you insanely rich. Always, inevitably and for certain ;-) Title: Re: MASSIVE BOTNET - powered by bitcoin? Post by: d3wo on June 30, 2011, 09:02:20 AM BITCOIN IS A VIRUS? ;D Bitcoin client ain't install on MBR as rootkit hun ;) That is a new MBR P2P Type of virus that have posibility to control your bitcoin client instead of you :-* Title: Re: MASSIVE BOTNET - powered by bitcoin? Post by: relative on June 30, 2011, 09:15:15 AM why does windows even allow access to the MBR, even with administrator rights?
Title: Re: MASSIVE BOTNET - powered by bitcoin? Post by: Timo Y on June 30, 2011, 09:25:25 AM why does windows even allow access to the MBR, even with administrator rights? Because you need to modify the MBR if you want create partitions, for example. Title: Re: MASSIVE BOTNET - powered by bitcoin? Post by: d3wo on June 30, 2011, 09:40:40 AM why does windows even allow access to the MBR, even with administrator rights? I really don't know the answer. The karpersky guys is almost "give up" i hope they don't. You won't know what a bad "geeks of geeks" dudes can do to Millions dollar project. Millions dollar is at stakes here. It won't stop them to infect Mac OS and other OS. It looks like, a lots of user get their OS infected, control bitcoin client from MBR. It just not detected yet. Perhaps develops a specific OS just tobe a wallet is good too to prevent further future attack. Closed source would be nice this time :) If the "Hero" title guys at bitcoin networks gives up as well. Then God Help Us :( Title: Re: MASSIVE BOTNET - powered by bitcoin? Post by: Dobrodav on June 30, 2011, 10:18:05 AM googletanslate:
"Despite the efforts taken by hackers measures to protect the botnet control servers, knowing the protocol of communication TDL-4 with a management server, you can create custom queries and get statistics on the number of infected computers. Analysis of the data held by us, has identified three separate databases MySQL, located in Moldova, Lithuania and the United States and supporting the work of a botnet for proxy servers." "Nearly one-third of infected computers located throughout the United States. Judging by the price of affiliate programs, contamination that number of machines in the U.S. costs 250 000 USD, which, apparently, and forked the creators of TDSS. It is noteworthy that the Russian people are not in statistics. The reason is that affiliate programs do not offer payment for Russian users contamination" Rootkit mailware removing tool: http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363 |