The Return of the Kraken Botnet

Searching_ _ _ · Jun 28, 2010

The Kraken botnet -- one of the Internet's largest and most difficult to detect in 2008 -- is rearing its ugly head again.
In fact, the old security nemesis -- which was reported dismantled last year -- has compromised more than 318,000 systems, nearly half of the 650,000-node size it achieved at its peak in 2008, according to Paul Royal, research scientist at the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), a leading authority on botnet research.
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The Return of the Kraken

Rmus · Jun 28, 2010

"Well-written code, regardless of its intended purpose, takes several iterations to develop and is expensive to replace.

Regardless of its age or infamy, as long as malicious code can be placed inside an executable sheath that makes it appear new or unknown to traditional defense-in-depth technologies [e.g., host-based antivirus], even professional criminal gangs will continue to find uses for it."
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I'm not sure why the article mentions only "traditional" technologies. Much more useful would be to mention some of the many other solutions that prevent execution of such malicious code.

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