Vindictive Botnets?
On Wednesday, an ISP that served as command and control for some botnets was taken offline. On Thursday, a distributed denial-of-service attack disrupted three major US social network sites. No solid evidence has been released as to why this may have happened or if the above two things are related. That means it’s time for a conspiracy theory! Maybe this wasn’t automated, but it’s an insidious idea. What if this was automated retribution for attacking the botnets’ C&C; infrastructure? Think of it as a bold new stride in mutually-assured-destruction between the security community and cyber-criminals. Would security professionals (or theRead more →