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Zombies try to blend in with the crowd

October 19, 2006 Hackers aim to make networks of hijacked computers go unnoticed by merging their communications with common Web traffic. TAGS: zombie, IRC, Jose Nazario, hacker, traffic, Internet service, Internet Service Provider, technique, service provider, security, PC, server, Microsoft Corp.

ISPs versus the zombies

July 19, 2005 If providers don't pitch in against the threat, customers might defect--and the health of the Net itself could suffer. TAGS: zombie, Internet Service Provider, phishing, service provider, bot, technique, Internet service, antivirus, IM, PC, e-mail, security, server

Attack of Comcast's Internet zombies

May 24, 2004 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains how spammers are hijacking Comcast's network to transform subscriber PCs into spambots. TAGS: Comcast Corp., zombie, spam, spammer, subscriber, junk e-mail, anti-spam, technique, message, server, e-mail, PC

Skype could provide botnet controls

January 26, 2006 Net phone services could allow cybercriminals to launch attacks without being detected, a communications group has warned. TAGS: cybercriminal, VoIP, zombie, Skype, denial of service, eBay Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., IRC, VoIP company, attack, Internet phone, server

Zombie trick expected to send spam sky-high

February 2, 2005 New spammer scheme uses ISPs to get around blacklists, leading one expert to predict "e-mail meltdown." TAGS: Internet Service Provider, spam, zombie, blacklist, e-mail server, spammer, Spamhaus, MessageLabs Ltd., anti-spam, trojan horse, malware, e-mail, server, broadband, U.S., PC

E-mail meltdown claims take heat

February 4, 2005 Although ISPs say they have had problems with a zombie mailing trick, antispam sellers say the warnings are overblown. TAGS: Spamhaus, Internet Service Provider, anti-spam, Postini Corp., spam, zombie, e-mail server, e-mail, server

'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai says

June 16, 2004 Attackers built a "botnet" of unknowing home PCs to bring down Google and other sites, the company says. TAGS: Akamai Technologies Inc., distributed denial of service, bot, outage, zombie, home PC, attack, Apple Computer, attacker, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., server, security, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Year in review: Old worms, new tricks

December 27, 2005 Sober came back to bite, while hackers hunted for new ways to attack and spread code--and Sony stumbled into a rootkit debacle. TAGS: rootkit, worm, Zotob worm, zombie, trick, hacker, Cisco Systems Inc., antivirus company, security, antivirus, virus, e-mail, Web browser, operating system, Microsoft Corp., CD
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